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 (aka 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.