Raise Ravens (1976) ( Cría cuervos ) ( Cria! (Cria Cuervos) )

Raise Ravens (1976) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Cría cuervos
Alternate Title: Cria! (Cria Cuervos)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Ceasar Awards
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
109 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Posters
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1976 and produced in:
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Carlos Saura

Written By:
Carlos Saura

Actors:
Geraldine Chaplin ..... Ana - The Mother
Mónica Randall ..... Paulina
Florinda Chico ..... Rosa
Ana Torrent ..... Ana
Hector Alterio ..... Anselmo
Germán Cobos ..... Nicolás Garontes
Mirta Miller ..... Amelia Garontes
Josefina Díaz ..... Abuela
Conchita Pérez ..... Irene
Juan Sánchez Almendros ..... Juana (as Maite Sánchez)
Mayte Sanchez

Synopsis:

Film drama set during the final days of Franco's Spain. Reminiscing in adult life, Ana (Geraldine Chaplin) reflects on her childhood, growing up in a wealthy part of Madrid. Her childish world is haunted by visions of her beloved dead mother (also played by Chaplin) and the conviction that her philandering, neglectful father (Héctor Alterio) was responsible for the onset of her mother's fatal illness. Following her father's sudden, suspicious death in an act of adultery, Ana (played as a child by Ana Torrent) and her sisters (Conchota Pérez and Maite Sánchez) are raised by a stern Aunt (Mónica Randall). As tensions grow within the family and previously hidden passions rise in the confined household, Ana is poised to take drastic action...

Carlos Saura's (Carmen, Blood Wedding) touching and thought-provoking 1976 work remains one of the most important films in Spanish cinema. Released when Spain was just coming out of 40 years of Fascist rule it was nominated for a Golden Globe, and won the Grand Prize at Cannes in 1977. Cria Cuervos (English translation: Raise Ravens) centres on an amazing performance by the young actress Ana Torrent (Spirit Of The Beehive, The Haunting) as the disturbed eight-year-old girl living in Madrid with her two sisters and mourning the death of her mother, played by an ethereal Geraldine Chaplin, whom she conjures as a ghost.

In Madrid, the orphan sisters Irene, Ana and Maite are raised by their austere aunt Paulina together with their mute and crippled grandmother after the death of their mother and their military father Anselmo. Ana is a melancholic girl, fascinated by death, after seeing her mother having a painful death and her father dead in bed.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 06 March, 2021.