The spirit of the beehive an earlier saura torrent collaboration to my netflix queue. Cria cuervos is about memories, imagination and family. Carlos sauras cria cuervos is an enigmatic and sombre drama about a child and country in transition. It was, overall, a wonderful way to begin spanish language lit month. Dans cria cuervos, carlos saura melange habilement le present avec ana devenue adulte qui analyse les. Presented in both high definition and standard definiton. Like the earlier the spirit of the beehive also starring ana torrent, cria cuervos is a story told from a childs perspective. Directed by carlos saura 1976 spain carlos sauras exquisite cria cuervos. In carlos sauras exquisite cria cuervos, ana torrent the darkeyed beauty from the spirit of the beehive portrays the disturbed eightyearold 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.
Made whilst general franco lay on his deathbed it is a film haunted by spains recent past and the legacy of fascism as the real world politics echo throughout the story. Carlos sauras powerful and poetic 1976 drama of a young spanish girl growing up in a damaged household amidst the slow collapse of francos regime has been given a superior presentation in this dvd edition from the criterion collection. Saura dotes on torrent s ability to focus any chaos surrounding her back onto the void of. Saura created the film as a vehicle specifically for ana torrent, and he informed the girls father that if ana couldnt be in his film, it simply would not be made at all. Rent cria cuervos 1976 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Cria cuervo by carlos saura a movie to download, on vod and legal streaming. With ana torrent, conchita perez, mayte sanchez, geraldine chaplin. Highly acclaimed, it received the special jury prize award at the 1976 cannes film festival. Ana torrent the darkeyed beauty from the spirit of the beehive portrays the. You cant go wrong with this criterion edition of carlos sauras masterpiece.
The driving force behind this one, is without a doubt, the young ana torrent, who is both adorable and heartbreaking in her portrayal as the suffering child. Shot in the summer of 1975 as general franco lay dying, sauras masterpiece takes its title from a sinister spanish proverb. Cria cuervos raise ravens is a 1976 spanish drama film directed by carlos saura. Carlos saura, 1976, cria cuervos, cena porque te vas, com ana torrent. Geraldine chaplin as the mother and the little girl as a grownup is a treat and ana torrent has no equal. Licensed to youtube by wmg, believe music on behalf of divucsa. In the twilight of francisco francos dictatorship, an eightyearold orphan and her two sisters find shelter in the house of their stern aunt, trying their best to acclimatise to a new reality. The film is an allegorical drama about an eightyearold girl dealing with loss. In 1976 actress ana torrent was a beguiling little girl with dark, expressive eyes that suggested a melancholy intelligence. Cria cuervos tells the story of eightyearold ana, played by ana torrent, fresh. Ana torrent, geraldine chaplin, monica randall, mayte sanchez, florinda chico, german.
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