"Cría cuervos" breaks the traditional narrative method in terms of expressive methods. Time and space can be changed at will, even interlaced and overlapped. Memories, reality, and fantasy are magnified in the image through the little girl’s spiritual world, and this is also It seems to imply Spain's past, present, and ambiguous future. The little girl can be said to be the shadow of Saola, or the shadow of the Spanish people who were deeply poisoned by society at that time. In the film, the little girl desperately yearns for freedom, so she has her cruel and innocent idea-father killing. It's just this kind of strong desire, but before he could carry it out, his father was already violently killed. The film has always expressed director Carlos Saura's vision for the future and love for the country
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Cría Cuervos evaluation action
2022-01-18 08:02
Extended Reading
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Ana: The only thing I remember very clearly, is that at the time, I was convinced my father was responsible for all the sadness that embittered the last years of my mother's life. I was convinced that it was he and he alone that had caused her illness and death.
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Rosa: Your poor mother wanted to breastfeed you, but she was too pale and delicate. So I was the one who really nursed you.
Ana: Did you breastfeed me?
Rosa: Heavens, no. I gave you a bottle.
Ana: You've got big breasts. Will you show me?
Rosa: What do you think this is, a circus?
Ana: Come on, show me! I'll close my eyes and count to five... Oh! They're so big!