Born in Huesca in 1932 and died in Madrid in 2023, Carlos Saura was the leading Spanish director of the Franco and post-Franco era. He used allegory and memory to portray the repressions of the dictatorship, in The Hunt (1966) and Cría cuervos (1976), the latter with Ana Torrent as a child haunted by her dead mother. In the 1980s he turned to flamenco and dance films, such as Blood Wedding, Carmen and El amor brujo, with the choreographer Antonio Gades.
Filmography
- The Hunt (1966)
- The Garden of Delights (1970)
- Cousin Angelica (1974)
- Cría cuervos (1976)
- Elisa, My Life (1977)
- Blood Wedding (1981)
- Deprisa, Deprisa (1981)
- Carmen (1983)
- ¡Ay, Carmela! (1990)
- Flamenco (1995)
- Tango (1998)
- Goya in Bordeaux (1999)