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Film International: Cria Cuervos

on BBC Two England

Starring Geraldine Chaplin, Ana Torrent

Carlos Saura's drama of life - and death - seen through the eyes of a child, won the Special Jury Award at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. Ana, aged 9, lives an intense fantasy relationship with her dead mother, of whom she has tender memories. Then she observes the death of her father, in the arms of his mistress, and begins to believe that she has powers of life and death...
(A Spanish film with English sub-titles)
(First showing on British television)
Films: page 15

Contributors

Writer/Director:
Carlos Saura
Ana as an adult/Maria:
Geraldine Chaplin
Ana:
Ana Torrent
Irene:
Conchi Perez
Maite:
Maite Sanchez
Paulina:
Monica Randall
Rosa:
Florinda Chico
Anselmo:
Hector Alterio
Nicolas Garontes:
German Cobos
Amelia Garontes:
Mirta Miller
Abuela:
Josefina Diaz

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