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LA CAZA (THE HUNT)

By Carlos Saura

Spain In Spanish, with English subtitles 1966 83 min 34 secPG (Some Violence)

  • When: Mon, 8 Sep 2025, 8pm
  • Where: Level B1, The Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium, City Hall Wing
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    $10 per ticket (see Ticketing for more information)​
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About the Film

Simmering tension underpins this film of men on a rabbit hunt. This film by acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura was his first international breakthrough.

In La Caza, three men prey upon rabbits during a hot day. The heat, guns, adrenaline, veiled memories and underlying grudges densely accumulate to create a strained atmosphere. Confrontation seems inevitable.

La Caza is a political allegory of Franco-era Spain with its tense ambiance on the brink of explosion. The film won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlinale in 1967, catapulting Saura into global fame.

La Caza, together with Saura’s Peppermint Frappé, is programmed in response to the Gallery’s exhibition Fernando Zóbel: Order is Essential. Carlos Saura is featured in the Zóbel exhibition with his first film, Cuenca (1958), a documentary on the Spanish town where Zóbel lived and established the Museo de Arte Abstracto Español with his collection in 1966.

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Carlos Saura

Carlos Saura (b. 1932, Spain; d. 2023, Spain) has won many international awards and is among the most well-known filmmakers of Spain. He studied at the Instituto de Investigaciones y Experiencias Cinematográficas in Madrid and was encouraged to study film by his brother, the artist Antonio Saura. He debuted with the documentary Cuenca (1958) which was influenced by his mentor Luis Buñuel.

In 1960, Saura directed Los golfos, clearly influenced by neorealism, and surprised with La Caza (The Hunt, 1966), which established him internationally as a director of note. During the 1980s, he filmed the popular Flamenco trilogy Bodas de sangre, Carmen and El amor brujo.

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Carlos Saura, Cuenca, 1958, film transferred to digital video, 39 min 5 sec, courtesy of Egeda Films. Saura’s film is on display next to paintings of Rafael Canogar, left, and Gerardo Rueda, right. Installation view, Fernando Zóbel: Order is Essential. 

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