Film
Drama

Classics: Cría Cuervos - 50th Anniversary

Wed 23 Sep from 13:15 till 15:10

Tickets

Country

Spain

Year

1976

Language

Spanish spoken, Dutch subtitles

Cast

Ana Torrent, Geraldine Chaplin, Mónica Randall

Director

Carlos Saura

Duration

105 min

Carlos Saura's enchanting coming-of-age classic is an equally intimate and historical film. It has become a key work of Spanish cinema, in which a country cautiously bids farewell to its ghosts.

Ana Torrent is unforgettable as Ana, a girl who wanders through a house full of grief, secrets, and the shadow of her deceased mother. Against the backdrop of dictator Franco's last years, Cría Cuervos shows how political and familial trauma settle in a child's imagination, where catchy pop songs, morbid fantasies, and everyday rituals suddenly acquire a mysterious power.