Cria Cuervos
(1976)
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Cria Cuervos
(1976)
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| Geraldine Chaplin | ... |
Maria - The Mother /
Ana - The Daughter as an Adult
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Mónica Randall | ... |
Paulina - The Aunt
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Florinda Chico | ... |
Rosa
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Héctor Alterio | ... |
Anselmo
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Germán Cobos | ... |
Nicolás Garontes
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Mirta Miller | ... |
Amelia Garontes
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Josefina Díaz | ... |
Abuela - The Grandmother
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Conchita Pérez | ... |
Irene
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Mayte Sanchez | ... |
Maite
(as Maite Sánchez)
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Juan Sánchez Almendros |
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In Madrid, the orphan sisters Irene, Ana and Maite are raised by their austere aunt Paulina together with their mute and crippled grandmother after the death of their mother and their military father Anselmo. Ana is a melancholic girl, fascinated by death, after seeing her mother having a painful death and her father dead in bed. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Like almost everyone i found this movie extraordinary touching and beautiful when i first saw it. I watched it several times and i realized something, it's really about Spain under Franco's dictatorship. Every character is a metaphor of Spain , the beautiful mother killed, cheated on by her military husband, the collaborating auntie who tries to educate the children, the old mute grand mother, who only wants to remember the old days (the republic) etc... every line in the movie can be heard in a completely different. The young rebel Ana is a true symbol of the spanish youth who can't stand anymore the military oppression, and who wanna be free to see the outside world (the song is reggae !). and the final scene with the hope of a new era coming (when the kids are arriving at school as a new year is beginning) is the reflection of what was about to happen in Spain (Franco died the same year). Anyway, whether you want to see its political message or not, it's just a wonderful movie, one of my favorite.