Carlos Saura's (Carmen, Blood Wedding) touching and thoughtprovoking 1976 work remains one of the most importantfilms in Spanish cinema. Released when Spain was just coming out of 40 years of Fascist rule it was nominated for aGolden 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 TheBeehive, The Haunting) as the disturbed eightyearold girl living in Madrid with her two sisters and mourning the deathof her mother, played by an ethereal Geraldine Chaplin, whom she conjures as a ghost.