This reminds me of Saura's Cria Cuervos and Ana Torrent's remarkable
performance as the little girl listening to the pop sing "Por que te
vas" (Why do you go away), the words of which in a roundabout way
reflect her own feelings ("How every night I cry like a child")
Henry Bacon
Finnish Film Archive
Elizabeth Nolan wrote:
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> Plot Summary
> An extremely captivating movie on how a little girl copes with her
> mother's death. She withdraws from all the people around her, waiting
> for her mother to come back. She tries waiting, and when her mother
> still doesn't appear, tries magic chants, praying to God, and then
> becoming a child of God, to have some power over Him. All to no avail.
> But then, when she is in despair, her mother does come back ...
> Summary written by Rahul Dodhia [log in to unmask]
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