SAT AUG 19, 2023 1:00 PM CRÍA CUERVOS... $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Los Feliz 3 | ‘Carlos Saura: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’ Co-presented by LA OLA Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILM: In Spanish with English subtitles. Cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos. Carlos Saura’s political and psychological masterpiece CRÍA CUERVOS . . . (a title derived from the Spanish proverb, “raise crows and they’ll peck out your eyes”) finds eight-year-old Ana, in the twilight of the Franco dictatorship, living in Madrid with a stern aunt as she mourns the death of her mother. Between fantasy and reality, Ana and her sisters try their best to grow up in a country that is only just beginning to emerge from the shadows. FORMAT: 35mm DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films COUNTRY: Spain