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Title: Cría Cuervos (1976)
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Cast
| Credited cast: | |||
| Ana Torrent | ... | Ana niña | |
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Conchita Pérez | ... | Irene (as Conchi Perez) |
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Mayte Sanchez | ... | Maite (as Maite Sánchez) |
| Geraldine Chaplin | ... | María / Ana | |
| Mónica Randall | ... | Paulina (as Monica Randall) | |
| Florinda Chico | ... | Rosa | |
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Josefina Díaz | ... | Abuela (as Josefina Diaz) |
| Germán Cobos | ... | Nicolás Garontes (as German Cobos) | |
| Héctor Alterio | ... | Anselmo (as Hector Alterio) | |
| Mirta Miller | ... | Amelia Garontes | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Julieta Serrano | ... | Ana (voice) | |
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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
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flashback | francoist spain | poison | childhood fantasy | childhood trauma |Taglines:
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Ana: Did you breastfeed me?
Rosa: Heavens, no. I gave you a bottle.
Ana: You've got big breasts. Will you show me?
Rosa: What do you think this is, a circus?
Ana: Come on, show me! I'll close my eyes and count to five... Oh! They're so big!
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Written by José Luis Perales (as J. L. Perales)
Performed by Jeanette
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Finnish register #85697 delivered on 7-7-77. See more »Quotes
Rosa: Your poor mother wanted to breastfeed you, but she was too pale and delicate. So I was the one who really nursed you.Ana: Did you breastfeed me?
Rosa: Heavens, no. I gave you a bottle.
Ana: You've got big breasts. Will you show me?
Rosa: What do you think this is, a circus?
Ana: Come on, show me! I'll close my eyes and count to five... Oh! They're so big!
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Referenced in Le grand concours des animateurs: Episode dated 7 September 2019 (2019) See more »Soundtracks
Porque te vasWritten by José Luis Perales (as J. L. Perales)
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I have seen several thousand films in my life and this one became the top one almost instantly. Ever since I have watched it several times and it has never failed to impress and delight me - it even increases the sense of mystery undelying in its baroque and compelling history. On my opinion, it is Carlos Saura's masterpiece and perhaps the best film ever made about the mysterious inner world children live in and create. There is so much to be enjoyed in this film, that a conventional review will not make it justice.