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Carlos Saura's exquisite Cría cuervos . . . heralded a turning point in Spain: shot while General Franco was on his deathbed, the film melds the personal and the political in a portrait of the legacy of fascism and its effects on a middle-class family (the title derives from the Spanish proverb: “Raise ravens and they’ll peck out your eyes”). Ana Torrent (the dark-eyed beauty from The Spirit of the Beehive) portrays the disturbed eight-year-old Ana, living in Madrid with her two sisters and mourning the death of her mother, whom she conjures as a ghost (an ethereal Geraldine Chaplin). Seamlessly shifting between fantasy and reality, the film subtly evokes both the complex feelings of childhood and the struggles of a nation emerging from the shadows.
Original Release
06/03/1976
US Release
05/18/1977
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Ana Torrent | Ana niña / Ana |
Conchita Pérez | Irene |
Mayte Sánchez | Maite |
Geraldine Chaplin | María / Ana |
Mónica Randall | Paulina |
Florinda Chico | Rosa |
Josefina Diaz | Abuela / Grandmother |
Germán Cobos | Nicolás Garontes / Nicolás |
Hector Alterio | Anselmo |
Mirta Miller | Amelia Garontes / Amelia |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ana Torrent | Ana niña / Ana |
Conchita Pérez | Irene |
Mayte Sánchez | Maite |
Geraldine Chaplin | María / Ana |
Mónica Randall | Paulina |
Florinda Chico | Rosa |
Josefina Diaz | Abuela / Grandmother |
Germán Cobos | Nicolás Garontes / Nicolás |
Hector Alterio | Anselmo |
Mirta Miller | Amelia Garontes / Amelia |
Julieta Serrano | Ana |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Elías Querejeta | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1978 | Golden Globe | Best Foreign Film | Nominated |