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Dir.: Carlos Saura Spain's best known director, Carlos Saura was born in 1932 and was strongly influenced, in his childhood, by his pianist mother and his artist older brother. Saura studied journalism and cinema before opting for the latter and making his directorial debut in 1958 with the short, "Cuenca". The following year Saura made his first feature film, LOS GOLFOS and he quickly moved into the vanguard of the new Spanish cinema. His films include: THE HUNT (1965), PEPPERMINT FRAPPÉ (1967), THE GARDEN OF DELIGHTS (1970), ANNA AND THE WOLVES (1972), COUSIN ANGELICA (1973), RAISE RAVENS (1975), BLINDFOLD (1978), HURRY HURRY (1980), BLOOD WEDDING (1981), CARMEN (1983), THE STILTS (1984), EL AMOR BRUJO (1985), EL DORADO (1987), THE DARK NIGHT (1989), �AY CARMELA! (1990), "Sevillanas" (1992) and FLAMENCO (1995). Many of these have been shown at the Montreal World Film Festival. |
PAJARICO (CO) Dir.: Carlos Saura; Script: Carlos Saura; Phot.: José Luis Lopez Linares; Ed.: Julia Juaniz; Mus.: Alessandro Masso; Cast: Paco Rabal, Manuel Bandera, Juan Luis Galiardo, Alejandro Martinez, Daphne Fernández, Eusebio Lazaro; Prod.: Javier Castro, Filmart, Navas de Tolsa, 28013 Madrid (Espagne), tél.: (341) 531 03 04, fax: (341) 521 70 65; Sales: TF1 International, 1, quai du Point du Jour, 92656 Boulogne (France), tél.: (1) 41 41 25 70, fax: (1) 41 41 31 76 ;Dist.: Prima. Ten-year-old Manu is sent to a town on the Mediterranean while his quarrelling parents settle their differences. There, Manu meets his aunts and uncles, a bunch of loveable eccentrics with very different careers in life. One is a tailor, another is a doctor who specializes in iridology and a third operates a bakery on the ground floor of the family house. But above all there is his cousin Fuensanta... Manu soon discovers how appearances are deceptive. The familial order conceals all sorts of strange behaviour. Before a few weeks have passed Manu will discover the complexities, traumas and joys of adult life. |
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