Cría is a film of moments from the private world of a sensitive 9-year-old child, a world where there are no boundaries between reality and imagination. For Anna (Ana Torrent), dancing to pop records with her two sisters is as real as the intimate exchanges she shares with her dead mother. Her memories, desires and fantasies are intertwined (and confused) with the everyday. After her father dies, Anna is convinced she has killed him and, unwilling to inhabit a world with people not to her liking, she sets out to make her aunt her next victim. (The title Cría is derived from the Spanish proverb about vindictive children, 'Raise crows and they'll peck your eyes out.') Geraldine Chaplin plays both Anna's mother and the adult Anna. Just as Anna's grandmother endlessly leafs through old family photos, the adult Anna reflects back on her childhood trying to comprehend and come to terms with the presence of the past. --Kathy Geritz