Cría cuervos (1975)

A young girl, affected by parental death, comes to believe she has the power to terminate life.
Ana Torrent (The Spirit of the Beehive) again plays a child responding to the mysteries of an adult world that reflects the repressive realities of Franco’s Spain: in Saura’s film, profoundly affected by parental death, she comes to believe she has the power to terminate life. The house she prowls, seemingly isolated but actually in Madrid, is remembered as a gloomy childhood prison.
1975 Spain
Directed by
Carlos Saura
Produced by
Elías Querejeta
Written by
Carlos Saura
Featuring
Ana Torrent, Conchi Perez, Maite Sanchez
Running time
109 minutes