Cria Cuervos Carlos Saura Analysis

The Spanish film Cria Cuervos directed by Carlos Saura is a drama that explores the idea of a terrible childhood. The viewer can see the tremendous affect Ana’s mother’s death and father’s unfaithfulness had on Ana. Ana’s little private world illustrates her trauma through the constant flashbacks and dreams of her mother and parents discussions. Furthermore, Ana’s behavior and facial expressions are extremely realistic because many children are easily traumatized through simple, but also serious events they experience throughout their childhood. The film’s main theme is death and director Carlos Saura’s style of juxtaposing low angle medium shots which represent the children’s perspective with crane and tracking shots to visually emphasize a child’s naiveness. …show more content…
The film made me think about some difficult events and traumas I went through my childhood and how they have affected me growing up. The scene where Ana and her sisters were reenacting possibly an event where their parents argued stood out to me because as a child we tend to remember when our parents have discussions. I do not know why, but those events follow us through our childhood and that scene was cute, but at the same time sad because Ana and her sisters represent the theme of death, but specifically of emotional death. I can feel Ana trying to numb the pain, but she cannot forget the past and I can relate to that because as human beings sometimes we cannot erase a horrifying or impactful event that we experienced as a child. Overall, I enjoyed the film because I was able to make a personal connection to the story and Ana. The film depicts the sad reality of a misguided and lost childhood, which many children still experience today. To conclude, director Carlos Saura was successful in illustrating the theme of death, and emphasizing emotional death through Ana to formulate a depressing and serious mood and dark