Screenplay: Carlos Saura
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Carlos Saura. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Hunt
1966 · Movie · 93 min. · Spain
Direction Carlos Saura
Cast Ismael Merlo · Alfredo Mayo · José María Prada · Emilio Gutiérrez Caba
Plot A few men are gathered for a day's rabbit hunting. The place looks as desolate and barren as it is possible to imagine, and the heat is obviously intense. The...
7.5
7K votes
7.5
7K votes
Cria cuervos (Raise Ravens)
1976 · Movie · 110 min. · Spain
Direction Carlos Saura
Cast Ana Torrent · Geraldine Chaplin · Mónica Randall · Mayte Sánchez
Plot Carlos Saura wrote and directed this powerful psychological drama in which family crises which reflect the embattled soul of a nation are seen through the eyes of an unusually perceptive...
7.4
6K votes
7.4
6K votes
Cousin Angelica
1973 · Movie · 107 min. · Spain
Direction Carlos Saura
Cast José Luis López Vázquez · Lina Canalejas · Fernando Delgado · Julieta Serrano
7.0
2K votes
7.0
2K votes
Flamenco, Flamenco
2010 · Documentary · 90 min. · Spain
Direction Carlos Saura
Cast Paco de Lucía · Sara Baras · José Mercé · Estrella Morente
Plot Fourteen years ago he made “Flamenco”, a film whose narrative revolved around the songs, dances and music of this beautiful art, and which proved to be a landmark in the...
7.0
546 votes
7.0
546 votes
Flamenco
1995 · Documentary · 100 min. · Spain
Direction Carlos Saura
Cast Paco de Lucía · Enrique Morente · Manolo Sanlúcar · Joaquín Cortés
Plot A synopsis of the best and most artistic aspects of flamenco song (cante), dance (baile) and guitar playing (toque).The lighting of the simple sets is stunning while over 500 performers...
6.9
1K votes
6.9
1K votes
¡Ay, Carmela!
1990 · Movie · 102 min. · Spain
Direction Carlos Saura
Cast Carmen Maura · Andrés Pajares · Gabino Diego · Maurizio De Razza
Plot Paulino and Carmela are husband and wife, troubadours touring the countryside during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). They are Republicans, and with their mute assistant, Gustavete, they journey into rebel...
6.8
11K votes
6.8
11K votes
Anna and the Wolves
1973 · Movie · 102 min. · Spain
Direction Carlos Saura
Cast Geraldine Chaplin · Fernando Fernán Gómez · José María Prada · José Vivó
Plot The young but traveled Ana arrives in a manor in the countryside of Spain to work as nanny of three girls and finds a dysfunctional family.
6.8
2K votes
6.8
2K votes
Elisa, My Life
1977 · Movie · 123 min. · Spain
Direction Carlos Saura
Cast Geraldine Chaplin · Fernando Rey · Isabel Mestres · Norman Briski
Plot Elisa has not seen her father Luis for nine years, but she receives a telegram from her sister Isabel in a moment of crisis of her marriage with Antonio telling...
6.7
1K votes
6.7
1K votes
Fados
2007 · Documentary · 90 min. · Portugal
Direction Carlos Saura
Cast Mariza · Camané · Carlos Do Carmo · Lila Downs
Plot After Flamenco (1995) and Tango (1998) –nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film-, in 2005 Carlos Saura completes his trilogy on modern urban song with Fados. After...
6.6
463 votes
6.6
463 votes
Sevillanas
1991 · Documentary · 52 min. · Spain
Direction Carlos Saura
Cast Rocío Jurado · Paco de Lucía · Manolo Sanlúcar · Camarón de la Isla
Plot Several short flamenco performances, featuring some of Spain's top dancers, singers and guitarists, are featured in this documentary-like work. From the maker of Blood Wedding & Carmen, a dance-laden film...
6.6
590 votes
6.6
590 votes
Blood Wedding
1981 · Movie · 72 min. · Spain
Direction Carlos Saura
Cast Antonio Gades · Cristina Hoyos · Pepa Flores "Marisol" · Juan Antonio Jiménez
6.5
2K votes
6.5
2K votes
Iberia
2005 · Documentary · 99 min. · Spain
Direction Carlos Saura
Cast Sara Baras · Manolo Sanlúcar · Antonio Canales · Aida Gómez
Plot Documentary about the flamenco music.
6.5
367 votes
6.5
367 votes
Peppermint Frappe
1967 · Movie · 92 min. · Spain
Direction Carlos Saura
Cast Geraldine Chaplin · José Luis López Vázquez · Alfredo Mayo · Emiliano Redondo
Plot Cautious Julian is content with his ordinary life, until he meets up with his adventurous friend Pablo, who wants to introduce Julian to his new fiancée, Elena. Almost immediately, Julian...
6.5
2K votes
6.5
2K votes
Tango
1998 · Movie · 117 min. · Argentina
Direction Carlos Saura
Cast Miguel Ángel Solá · Cecilia Narova · Mía Maestro · Enrique Pinti
Plot Set in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the film tells the story of director Mario Suarez's quest to make the ultimate tango film. Lonely after his wife (one of the film's stars)...
6.5
2K votes
6.5
2K votes
The Walls Can Talk (Las paredes hablan)
2022 · Documentary · 75 min. · Spain
Direction Carlos Saura
Cast Carlos Saura
Plot A new documentary by Carlos Saura on the origin of art and its relationship with the most avant-garde tendencies. Seen from the Aragonese moviemaker’s personal and peculiar point of view,...
6.4
89 votes
6.4
89 votes
Fast, Fast
1981 · Movie · 98 min. · Spain
Direction Carlos Saura
Cast Berta Socuéllamos · José Antonio Valdelomar · Jesús Arias · José María Hervás Roldán
Plot Angela begins to hang around with Pablo and his gang of young robbers.
6.4
5K votes
6.4
5K votes
Mama turns 100
1979 · Movie · 95 min. · Spain
Direction Carlos Saura
Cast Geraldine Chaplin · Amparo Muñoz · Fernando Fernán Gómez · Rafaela Aparicio
Plot Ana is alive and married with Antonio; they arrive in the manor in the countryside of Spain where she worked as a nanny many years ago, for the centennial birthday...
6.4
3K votes
6.4
3K votes
The Delinquents
1959 · Movie · 88 min. · Spain
Direction Carlos Saura
Cast Manuel Zarzo · Óscar Cruz · Juanjo Losada · Rafael Vargas
6.4
928 votes
6.4
928 votes
La tarde del domingo
1957 · Movie · 32 min. · Spain
Direction Carlos Saura
Cast Leopoldo Arnáiz · Julia María Butrón · Mari Paz Carrero · Pilar García Faure
6.4
64 votes
6.4
64 votes