Time and space are transformed and spliced at will. Reality, fantasy and memory are reflected on the image through Anna's spiritual world. It is Spain's past, present and ambiguous future. Anna is the shadow of Saura and the shadow of the Spanish people. The extreme desire for freedom has been transformed into a strong desire to "kill the father". When the dictator was dying, this desire overlapped with Anna's cruel innocence in the film. In the end, it can only become a black joke in the memory - a violent elegy, but the violence has not yet been implemented.
But in any case, the hope is in front of you, although the future is uncertain, the hesitation is still there.
At the end of the credits, Anna's sister recounts a nightmare: the girl is kidnapped, can't find her parents, but wakes up just in time before the mob is about to kill her.
The whole political metaphor ends in the figures of school children and a bird's-eye view of the city - Saura's vision for the new students in the future and her love for the motherland. The cold image finally moved me, accompanied by the beautiful and sad "Porque Te Vas".
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