La caza


La Caza English The Hunt is a 1966 Spanish film directed by Carlos Saura. The film is a psychological thriller about three veterans of the Spanish Civil War who meet to go rabbit hunting. It was Sauras first international success, winning the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 16th Berlin International Film Festival. It is considered a classic of Spanish Cinema.

Meeting at the local bar, the men proceed to a run down farm house and hire Juan and his young niece Carmen to aid them in the hunt, as well as several ferrets to rout the rabbits from their holes. As the hunters prepare their guns, they reminisce about the Civil War and the excitement of hunting men instead of animals. After a few drinks, Jos asks Paco for a loan it will cement their relationship, he says. Paco, who has grudgingly been expecting this, refuses, but instead offers Jos a job.During the hunt, the men kill several rabbits and eventually lunch on them. Their relationships become more enstranged as they fret over the past and rebuke each other in several ways. Luis becomes deranged and turns to practiceshooting with a mannequin he also starts a fire that grows too large and has to be put out. Near the end, Paco kills a ferret he claims he shot it accidentally, but Jos feels he did it maliciously. As the hunt gains in intensity, the gunfire becomes more rapid. The smoldering hatred and frustrations of the three men are triggered when Paco is hit by a blast from Joss shotgun and falls mortally wounded, into a stream. Luis, enraged by the killing, tries to kill Jos by running him down with a land rover. Jos retaliates, shooting at Luis, but the latter manages to survive long enough to shoot at the escaping Jos and kill him before going down himself. Enrique, unhurt, is left alone in the midst of this carnage, trying to fathom the inexplicable behavior of the three wartime comrades. The movie ends in a freezeframe as he runs away from the carnage. ........

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