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Cría Cuervos

Original title: Cría cuervos
  • 19761976
  • PGPG
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
10K
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Cría Cuervos (1976)
Drama
In the twilight of Francisco Franco's dictatorship, an 8-year-old orphan and her two sisters find shelter in the house of their stern aunt and try their best to acclimatize to a new reality.... Read allIn the twilight of Francisco Franco's dictatorship, an 8-year-old orphan and her two sisters find shelter in the house of their stern aunt and try their best to acclimatize to a new reality. Can they summon up the courage to grow up?In the twilight of Francisco Franco's dictatorship, an 8-year-old orphan and her two sisters find shelter in the house of their stern aunt and try their best to acclimatize to a new reality. Can they summon up the courage to grow up?
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
10K
YOUR RATING
    • Carlos Saura
    • Carlos Saura(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ana Torrent
    • Conchita Pérez
    • Mayte Sanchez
    • Carlos Saura
    • Carlos Saura(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ana Torrent
    • Conchita Pérez
    • Mayte Sanchez
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    • 40User reviews
    • 40Critic reviews
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    Geraldine Chaplin, Florinda Chico, and Ana Torrent in Cría Cuervos (1976)
    Germán Cobos and Mónica Randall in Cría Cuervos (1976)
    Cría Cuervos (1976)
    Geraldine Chaplin and Ana Torrent in Cría Cuervos (1976)
    Ana Torrent in The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
    Cría Cuervos (1976)
    Geraldine Chaplin, Germán Cobos, Josefina Díaz, Mónica Randall, and Ana Torrent in Cría Cuervos (1976)
    Geraldine Chaplin and Ana Torrent in Cría Cuervos (1976)
    Geraldine Chaplin and Ana Torrent in Cría Cuervos (1976)
    Conchita Pérez, Mayte Sanchez, and Ana Torrent in Cría Cuervos (1976)
    Cría Cuervos (1976)
    Conchita Pérez, Mayte Sanchez, and Ana Torrent in Cría Cuervos (1976)

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    Ana Torrent
    Ana Torrent
    • Ana niña
    Conchita Pérez
    • Irene
    • (as Conchi Perez)
    Mayte Sanchez
    • Maite
    • (as Maite Sánchez)
    Geraldine Chaplin
    Geraldine Chaplin
    • María…
    Mónica Randall
    Mónica Randall
    • Paulina
    • (as Monica Randall)
    Florinda Chico
    Florinda Chico
    • Rosa
    Josefina Díaz
    • Abuela
    • (as Josefina Diaz)
    Germán Cobos
    Germán Cobos
    • Nicolás Garontes
    • (as German Cobos)
    Héctor Alterio
    Héctor Alterio
    • Anselmo
    • (as Hector Alterio)
    Mirta Miller
    Mirta Miller
    • Amelia Garontes
    Julieta Serrano
    Julieta Serrano
    • Ana
    • (voice)
    Juan Sánchez Almendros
        • Carlos Saura
        • Carlos Saura(screenplay)
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      • Trivia
        The title in Spanish stems from the phrase "Raise ravens and they'll pluck out your eyes". The equivalent phrase in English would be "you reap what you sow".
      • Quotes

        Maite: My mother died before I was born.

      • Connections
        Featured in Zomergasten: Episode #4.1 (1991)
      • Soundtracks
        Canción y Danzas N.6
        Composed by Frederic Mompou (as Federico Mompou)

      User reviews40

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      10/10
      A film about the girl with sad and serious eyes
      I took this film in a video library and watched it 3 times. It is one of the most powerful films I have ever seen. The techniques in the film are very modest but it's amazing what the director does with them. I liked very much this sad and quiet girl. The scene where her pet dies and she buries him is so solemn and heart-breaking. I felt sad about the old Grandmother who watches the old pictures in sadness. I also liked Geraldine Chaplin, she is very good in this role, her intimate bond with the daughter, and how she looks at Ana with sadness when the girl doesn't notice it. The scene where the girl imagines her mom combing her hair is mesmerizing. Maria's pain is very palpable.

      By the way I found some interesting information about this film. Geraldine Chaplin was dubbed in the episodes where she plays the grown Ana. It was done because the actress has a slight British accent which is not annoying or too prominent (for me at least), but the point is that she plays a grown girl, and it would be rather weird if a grown person acquires an accent in one's mother tongue if this accent did not exist during the childhood. So it was an intelligent consideration of the director.

      I recommend this movie very much.
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      • Natashenka_S
      • May 6, 2006

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      • Release date
        • May 18, 1977 (United States)
        • Spain
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        • Spanish
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      • Filming locations
        • 15 Calle de María de Molina, Madrid, Spain
      • Production companies
        • Elías Querejeta Producciones Cinematográficas
        • Olympusat
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      • 1 hour 45 minutes
        • Mono

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