Cría Cuervos (1976)
- Original title
- Cría cuervos
- Directed by
- Carlos Saura
- Genre
- drama film, coming-of-age film
- Country
- Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 276 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An eight-year-old girl copes with a troubled childhood in 1970s Spain. She notices the strange behavior of adults around her and retreats into memory and fantasy.
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What happens
Cría cuervos (Spanish: [ˈkɾi.a ˈkweɾβos], also written Cría cuervos…; lit. 'Raise crows') is a 1976 Spanish psychological drama film written and directed by Carlos Saura and produced by Elías Querejeta. The film is an allegorical drama about an eight-year-old girl dealing with her troubled childhood. It stars Geraldine Chaplin and Ana Torrent and co-stars Mónica Randall, Conchi Perez, Mayte Sanchez, Florinda Chico and Héctor Alterio. Highly acclaimed, it received the Grand Prix at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. It also was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Nowadays the movie is regarded as Carlos Saura's greatest masterpiece, one of the best movies of 1976, of the 1970s, of the 20th century and one of best and greatest classics of Spanish cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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