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Carlos Saura

Spanish director
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Carlos Saura Atarés
Born:
January 4, 1932, Huesca, Spain
Died:
February 10, 2023, Madrid (aged 91)

Carlos Saura (born January 4, 1932, Huesca, Spain—died February 10, 2023, Madrid) was a Spanish film director who analyzed the spirit of Spain in tragedies and flamenco-dance dramas. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) Saura grew up in Madrid and began directing feature films while teaching at the Official School of Cinematography (1957–63). La caza (1965; The Hunt) was his first violent indictment of Spanish society under Francisco Franco. Saura’s bitter El jardin de las delicias (1970; The Garden of Delights) was delayed, then mutilated by Spanish censors. Ana y los lobos (1972; Anna and the Wolves) was ...(100 of 313 words)

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