'Cria Cuervos'

This film's title refers to a proverb that states that if you raise ravens, they'll peck out your eyes. Of course, Carlos Saura -- along with about every other person in the country of Spain -- was an opponent of the fascist Francisco Franco. And you can imagine all of the allegorical comments being made ever so slightly to pass the censors.

Ana dealing with the death and betrayal of her military father. The dellusions of her dead mother. The title of the film: Make your bed. You lie in it.

The little girl that played Ana -- Ana Torrent -- debuted in The Spirit of the Beehive, another cinematic shot at the Franco regime at the age of 7. Before she was 10 years old, she had already starred in two of the foremost foreign films of the decade, both scathing indictments of the fascist regime in Spain and, in both, she was named "Ana" in the films.

The lasting memory from the film is the inclusion of a Spanish pop song that is played twice and obsessed about about the girls in the film. It's titled "Porque te vas" by Jeanette, who's actually English. It was her biggest hit. The song itself plays a role in that the young girl -- unable to cope with understanding death -- equates someone leaving, or absence, with death.