Elisa, vida mía

• Director: Carlos Saura
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Psychological Drama, Reunion Films
• Themes: Fathers and Daughters, Haunted By the Past
• Release Year: 1977
• Country: ES
• Run Time: 125 minutes

Plot

On the heels of his award-winning Cria cuevos (Raise Ravens), Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura dashed off the muted psychological drama Elisa, My Love. Geraldine Chaplin stars as Elisa, who after an absence of 20 years is reunited with her father, Fernando Rey (in a superb performance, which won him the Cannes Film Festival "Best Actor" prize ). Having just divested herself of an unhappy marriage, Elisa hopes to heal old, long-standing family wounds. Inasmuch as Saura thrives on exploring "unspeakable" subjects in his films, one can gather that the relationship between Elisa and her father may be far more complex than it seems at first. Elisa, Vida Mia was released in English-speaking countries as Elisa, My Love. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Francisco Guijar; Geraldine Chaplin - Elisa; Fernando Rey - Elisa's Father; Ana Torrent; Isabel Mestres; Norman Briski; Joaquin Hinojosa

Credit

Carlos Saura - Director, Pablo Gonzalez del Amo - Editor, Teo Escamilla - Cinematographer, Elias Querejeta - Producer, Carlos Saura - Screenwriter

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