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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Carlos Saura |
| Stars: |
Ana Torrent |
| Actors: |
Monica Randal |
| Genre: |
Foreign Films |
| Subgenre: |
Suspense · Spanish · Thriller |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
715515025225 |
| Release Date: |
1977 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 55min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
Spanish |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 1hr 49min Release Company: Criterion Collection (August 21, 2007) UPC: 715515025225 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 55min |
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Professional Reviews
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(12/01/2007, p.105, Kieron Corless): "One of the most important films in Saura's long career, CRIA CUERVOS powerfully conjures the commingling of past and present, fantasy and memory." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
After doing several films with screenwriter Rafael Azcona (GARDEN OF DELIGHTS, MY COUSIN AGNELICA) Carlos Saura made CRIA! from his own script. He continued using actors in dual roles, allowing for easily shifting time frames and multiple points of view. In a dreamy opening scene, Ana (Ana Torrent), a wide-eyed child of about ten, comes down the stairs and sees a half-dressed woman run from her father's room. She quietly and without emotion goes into the room where her father lies dead on the bed and removes a half-full glass of milk. In the kitchen, as she washes out the glass, her mother (Geraldine Chaplin) enters and scolds her for being up so late. But her Mother, we learn later, died earlier, and Ana blamed her father for it and put poison in his milk. When Ana is alone her mother appears to her again, but this time she looks right in the camera and explains that she's Ana, now age 29. Some of what came before was a flashback from her adult perspective. With Chaplin playing both parts, the film shif... |
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