Cría Cuervos (50th Anniversary)
Carlos Saura | Spain 1976 | 110 minutes | language: Spanish
In Carlos Saura’s enchanting coming-of-age classic, the memory of youth takes on something mysterious, sensual, and gently unsettling.
Ana Torrent is unforgettable as Ana, a girl wandering through a house full of mourning, secrets, and the shadow of her deceased mother. Set against the backdrop of dictator Franco’s final years, Cría Cuervos shows how political and family trauma take root in a child’s imagination, where catchy pop songs, morbid fantasies, and everyday rituals suddenly gain a mysterious power. As intimate as it is historically charged, the film grew into a key work of Spanish cinema, depicting a country cautiously saying goodbye to its ghosts.
