Post Description

Spanje
Drama
107 minuten

geregisseerd door Carlos Saura
met Ana Torrent, Geraldine Chaplin en Monica Randall

Nadat al eerder haar moeder is overleden, sterft op een dag ook de vader van Ana. Een tante neemt de zorg voor Ana en haar twee zusjes op zich. Ana droomt weg in herinneringen aan haar ouders, vooral haar moeder, zodat werkelijkheid en fantasie in haar beleving door elkaar beginnen te lopen. Zo wordt zij degene die over leven en dood van haar omgeving kan beschikken.

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CRIA CUERVOS (1976)

AKAs:
Cria! (USA)
Raise Ravens (UK)

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Criterion Collection # 403

DVD Release Date: August 14, 2007
Director: Carlos Saura

Description:
Carlos Saura's exquisite Cri'a cuervos... heralded a turning point in Spain: shot while General Franco was on his deathbed, the film melds the personal and the political in a portrait of the legacy of fascism and its effects on a middle-class family (the title derives from the Spanish proverb: 'Raise ravens and they�ll peck out your eyes'). Ana Torrent (the dark-eyed beauty from The Spirit of the Beehive) portrays the disturbed eight-year-old 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). Seamlessly shifting between fantasy and reality, the film subtly evokes both the complex feelings of childhood and the struggles of a nation emerging from the shadows.

READ:
Cria cuervos...: The Past Is Not Past
by Paul Julian Smith
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Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 6.56 + 3.99 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 109 minutes

Type: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 | Anamorphic

Sound (main feature): Spanish DD1.0 Mono

Subtitles: optional English


DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION:

# New, restored high-definition digital transfer.
# Portrait of Carlos Saura, a documentary on the life and career of the Spanish auteur.
# New interviews with actresses Geraldine Chaplin and Ana Torrent.
# Original theatrical trailer.
# New and improved English subtitle translation.
# PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Paul Julian Smith.


Studio: Criterion

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