1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 111 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Duration
Playing time: 107 min.
Distributor No.
1154475 Kanopy
Summary
Carlos Saura's exquisite Cria 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. Additional Reading: http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/527-cria-cuervos-the-past-is-not-past
Note
In Process Record. Title from title frames.
Time and Place of Event
Originally produced by Criterion Collection/Janus Films in 1976.
