Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 08/14/2007
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: Espanol
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 109 Minutes
Flags: Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Criterion
Carlos Saura wrote and directed this powerful
psychological drama in which family crises which reflect the embattled soul of a nation are seen through the eyes of an unusually perceptive child.
Ana (
Ana Torrent) is an eight-year-old girl growing up in a troubled household -- her father
Anselmo (
Hector Alterio) is a general in the Spanish military during the waning days of
Franco's repressive regime, and her mother (
Geraldine Chaplin) is dead,
Ana having witnessed her agonizing final moments.
Anna, her older sister
Irene (
Conchita Perez) and younger sister
Juana (
Maite Sanchez) are looked after by their emotionally chilly
Aunt Paulina (
Monica Randall), while housekeeper
Rosa (
Florinda Chico) provides what little warmth there is to be found in the household. While
Ana's mother is gone, the girl frequently sees and hears her mother's spirit, and is convinced
Anselmo's emotional neglect and infidelity is responsible for her death, leading the youngster to take her own form of revenge against her father. The title
Cria Cuervos is taken from a Spanish proverb -- "Raise ravens and they'll pluck out your eyes." The film was originally released in the United States under title
Cria!, and has been screened in English-speaking territories as
Raise Ravens and
The Secret of Ana.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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