Search: Directed by Carlos Saura

Cría Cuervos (1976)

Review preview for Cría Cuervos

Saura's film acquires much of its lasting power from the combination of Torrent's dark-eyed, solemn gaze and its representation of how an impressionable child can have their imagination activated by events they don't fully understand.

Rebecca Naughten · 4.5 out of 5

An eight-year old girl believes that she has poisoned the authoritarian father whom she blames for the death of her mother.
The Delinquents (1960)

Review preview for The Delinquents

The robberies are carried out stylishly in the chiaroscuro shadows of a moving elevator or with sharp timing and economy of movement in the blazing sun of a parking lot.

Rebecca Naughten · 3 out of 5

A gang of juvenile delinquents pool their resources to pay for one of their number to be put on the bill of a bull-fighting contest.
Flamenco (1995)

Review preview for Flamenco

If the dresses exentuate the beauty of the female form, it is the delicacy of their movement, rather than salacious intent, that turns your heart around.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5

The real flamenco in song and dance.
Goya (1999)

Review preview for Goya

Biopics come in two sizes, epic or imaginative. Carlos Saura chooses the latter.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5

Goya in Bordeaux at the end of his life looks back to his younger years.
Tango (1998)

Review preview for Tango

The plot is less vital than the music, dance and cinematography.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5

A dancer becomes involved with the mistress of a mafia boss.