Cria! (1976)
June 3, 1976Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Ana Torrent
Ana
Conchita Pérez
Irene
Mayte Sánchez
Maite
Geraldine Chaplin
María
Mónica Randall
Paulina
Florinda Chico
Rosa
Josefina Díaz
Grandmother
Germán Cobos
Nicolás
Héctor Alterio
Anselmo
Mirta Miller
Amelia
Julieta Serrano
Ana (voice) (uncredited)
Carlos Saura
Director / Screenplay / Screenstory
Elías Querejeta
Producer
Paco Lucio
Script Supervisor
Pablo G. del Amo
Editor
Rafael Palmero
Production Design
Javier A. López-Martínez
Still Photographer
Miguel Ángel Polo
Boom Operator
Domingo Solano
Camera Operator
Teo Escamilla
Director of Photography
Primitivo Álvaro
Production Manager
Bernardo Menz
Sound Recordist
Antonio Illán
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Francisco J. Querejeta
Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 3, 1976
Original NameCría cuervos
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
Filming LocationsMadrid, Spain
Genres
Wiki.
Cría Cuervos ([ˈkɾi.a ˈkweɾβos], "Raise Ravens", also written Cría cuervos…) is a 1976 Spanish psychological drama film written and directed by Carlos Saura and produced by Elías Querejeta. The film is an allegorical drama about an eight-year-old girl dealing with her troubled childhood. Starred by Geraldine Chaplin and Ana Torrent and co-starred by Mónica Randall, Conchi Perez, Mayte Sanchez, Florinda Chico and Héctor Alterio.
Highly acclaimed, it received the Grand Prix at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. It also was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Nowadays the movie is regarded as Carlos Saura's greatest masterpiece, one of the best movies of the 1976, of 1970s, of the 20th century and one of best and greatest classics of the Spanish cinema.