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Cría Cuervos

Call Number

  • DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

Special ed.

Languages

In Spanish, with optional English subtitles.

Performers

Ana Torrent, Conchita Pérez, Maite Sánchez, Geraldine Chaplin, Monica Randall, Florinda Chico.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2007]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Heralding a turning point in Spain and shot while General Franco was on his deathbed, this film paints a portrait of the legacy of Fascism and its effects on a middle-class family. Ana is a disturbed eight-year-old living in Madrid with her two sisters and mourning the death of her mother, whom she conjures as a ghost.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1976.

Contents

  • Special features: original theatrical trailer ; "Portrait of Carlos Saura," a documentary on the life and career of the Spanish auteur ; interviews with actresses Geraldine Chaplin and Ana Torrent.

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