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Ana, an eight-year-old girl living in Madrid with her grandmother and two sisters, mourns the death of her mother.
Ana, an eight-year-old girl living in Madrid with her grandmother and two sisters, mourns the death of her mother.
Ana Torrent
Ana
Conchita Pérez
Irene
Mayte Sánchez
Maite
Geraldine Chaplin
María
Mónica Randall
Paulina
Florinda Chico
Rosa
Josefina Díaz
Grandmother
Germán Cobos
Nicolás
Héctor Alterio
Anselmo
Ana, an eight-year-old girl living in Madrid with her grandmother and two sisters, mourns the death of her mother.
Easily my favourite of many of Saura's films that I have seen, and this, together with 'The Spirit of the Beehive' are my two favourite Spanish films (I don't count Bunuel films as being Spanish, but centered on the country by which he made them, since he was an exile). Coincidentally, these two feature the greatest child performances I have ever seen, thanks to Ana Torrent. As well, though I also like Chaplin's work for Robert Altman, I consider her acting for her husband to be the finest of her career, at least from works that I have seen thus far.
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