La caza

Director: Carlos Saura
Genre: Black-and-white, Thriller, Drama, Adventure
Year: 1966
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish Language
Starring: Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Ismael Merlo, Alfredo Mayo, José María Prada, Fernando Sánchez Polack, Violeta García, María Sánchez Aroca

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 Saura's 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.

José, Paco and Luis, three middle-aged men, veteran Falangist, reunite in a provincial village of Castile, spending a hot summer's day drinking, reminiscing and hunting rabbits. José instigates the hunt. He is in debt because of an impending divorce and is living beyond his means with a younger woman. His main objective at the reunion is to secure a loan from Paco, a shrewd businessman, also unhappily in love and looking for younger women. Paco brings with him Luis, now employed at his factory. Luis is a weak, forlorn individual, an alcoholic addicted to wine, women and science fiction rather than social conviviality or male camaraderie. A fourth member of the group, Enrique, a teenage relative of Paco's comes along for the thrill of the rabbit hunt.

Meeting at the local bar, the men proceed to a run down farm house

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