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EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 238 words · By Alexis Caraco
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What to know about Video. Jeanette revives cult film anthem "Por qué te vas" in Cannes event

Singer Jeanette took centre stage at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday evening with a live performance accompanying a beach screening of Cría Cuervos, the acclaimed film by Spanish director Carlos Saura.

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What happened

Singer Jeanette took centre stage at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday evening with a live performance accompanying a beach screening of Cría Cuervos, the acclaimed film by Spanish director Carlos Saura.

Why it matters

The event at the "Cinéma de la Plage" marked 50 years since the film’s 1976 release and drew festival guests, film lovers and members of Saura’s family to Macé beach on the Croisette.

Common ground

Before the screening of the new 4K restoration, Jeanette introduced herself to the audience as “the voice behind the song ‘Porque te vas’” before performing the track live.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The event at the "Cinéma de la Plage" marked 50 years since the film’s 1976 release”
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Wikipedia and IMDb both confirm the film was released in 1976.
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web search NEUTRAL — Cría Cuervos was shot in the summer of 1975, as Spanish leader Francisco Franco lay dying, and premiered in Madrid's Conde Duque Theatre, on January 26, 1976.[5].The film was released on Blu-ray in a …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cría_Cuervos
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web search NEUTRAL — Cría cuervos: Directed by Carlos Saura. With Ana Torrent, Conchita Pérez, Mayte Sanchez, Geraldine Chaplin. In the twilight of Francisco Franco's dictatorship, an 8-year-old orphan and her two sisters…
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074360/
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web search NEUTRAL — Starring: The mother, Ana, Irene and others. Carlos Saura's exquisite Cría cuervos . . . heralded a turning point in Spain: shot while General Franco was on his deathbed, the film melds the personal a…
https://www.criterion.com/films/519-cria-cuervos
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Claim 2: “the acclaimed film by Spanish director Carlos Saura”
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Multiple authoritative sources, including IMDb and The Criterion Collection, confirm that Cría Cuervos was directed by Carlos Saura.
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web search NEUTRAL — The film opens with a view of the steam ferryboat "William Myers," laden with passengers, approaching a dock at the Ellis Island Immigration Station. The vessel is docked, the gangway is...
https://www.loc.gov/collections/early-films-of-new-york-1898…
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web search NEUTRAL — Directors such as D.W. Griffith and Edwin S. Porter were making tremendously popular dramatic movies and the actuality film had all but disappeared from the American motion picture scene.
https://www.loc.gov/collections/early-films-of-new-york-1898…
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web search NEUTRAL — The film was photographed from a boat going around Riker's Island. Located on the East River north of Hell Gate between the Bronx and Queens, Riker's Island was the site of a massive, controversial Ne…
https://www.loc.gov/collections/early-films-of-new-york-1898…
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Claim 3: “her 1974 song echoed across the Mediterranean coast”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that the song 'Porque te vas' was produced for record label Hispavox in 1974.
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Claim 4: “Festival organisers included the restored version in the 2026 Cannes Classics programme”
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While the Festival de Cannes source mentions the event at Cinéma de la Plage and Video Mercury Films mentions Cannes Classics, the specific year '2026' is not corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided text.
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web search NEUTRAL — She followed Cría Cuervos with yet another memorable role in The Nest (1980) in which she played a 13-year-old in a relationship with an aging widower played by Héctor Alterio, who in this film has th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cría_Cuervos
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web search NEUTRAL — Cría cuervos continues to haunt and fascinate generations of film lovers and filmmakers since its Special Grand Prix from the Jury in 1976. An indelible hallmark of this film by the late Carlos Saura,…
https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/2026/see-you-tonight-at-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — No en vano, Cría cuervos obtuvo el Premio Especial del Jurado en Cannes en 1976 —ex aequo con La marquesa de O, de Éric Rohmer— y logró, además, nominaciones a Mejor Película Extranjera tanto en los G…
https://www.miciudadreal.es/2026/05/13/video-mercury-films-y…
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Claim 5: “The film was shot in 1975 during the final months of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that 'Cría Cuervos was shot in the summer of 1975, as Spanish leader Francisco Franco lay dying'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The events of the film are set mainly in 1975, but interweave the past, present and future.Cría Cuervos was originally released as Cría! in the United States and as Raise Ravens in the UK, but the ori…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cría_Cuervos
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web search NEUTRAL — Cría Cuervos is released in the UK as a BFI Dual Format (DVD/Blu-ray) edition on 27 May 2013. The film starts as Ana, awake at night, listens to whispers of lovemaking in her father’s room before seei…
http://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/reviews/2011/06/10/cr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Cría cuervos was the first film over which Saura exercised complete artistic control, taking a triple credit for story, script, and direction.
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/527-cria-cuervos-the…
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Claim 6: “Jeanette introduced herself to the audience as “the voice behind the song ‘Porque te vas’"”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that 'Porque te vas' is a song by English-born Spanish singer Jeanette.
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web search NEUTRAL — "Porque te vas". (pronounced [ˈpoɾke te βas]; Spanish for "Because You Are Leaving") is a song by English-born Spanish singer Jeanette, written by José Luis Perales and produced by Rafael Trabucchelli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porque_te_vas
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 Porque te vas. 5 Todo es nuevo. 6 Corazón de poeta.Jeanette settled in Barcelona in 1971 to start her solo career. The singer thought it was to revive the folk spirit of Pic-Nic, but the label wante…
https://culture.fandom.com/wiki/Jeanette_(singer)
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web search NEUTRAL — ...English-born Spanish singer Jeanette, written by José Luis Perales and produced by Rafael Trabucchelli for record label Hispavox in 1974. #fyp #parati #musica #ahestetic #vinylcollection #vinylcoll…
https://www.tiktok.com/@ritmoslatinos88/video/73483307870679…
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Claim 7: “Presented in competition at Cannes in 1976, “Cría Cuervos” won the Grand Prix du Jury”
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Multiple sources (WikiMan, Festival de Cannes, and Video Mercury Films) confirm the film won the Special Jury Prize/Grand Prix du Jury at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.
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web search NEUTRAL — The 29th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 28 May 1976. American author Tennessee Williams served as jury president for the main competition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Cannes_Film_Festival
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web search NEUTRAL — Director: Carlos SAURA. Starring: Hector ALTERIO, Josefina DIAZ, Mirta MILLER and others.
https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/f/cria-cuervos/
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web search NEUTRAL — Cría Cuervos is a 1976 Spanish drama film directed by Carlos Saura. The film is an allegorical drama about an eight-year-old girl dealing with loss. Highly acclaimed, it received the Special Jury Priz…
https://men.fandom.com/wiki/Cría_Cuervos
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Claim 8: “The song became internationally famous after appearing repeatedly in Saura’s award-winning film”
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The Festival de Cannes source identifies 'Porque te vas' as an 'indelible hallmark' of the film, and Wikipedia identifies Jeanette as the singer of the song and the film as a 1976 production by Saura.
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web search NEUTRAL — Download or listen to unlimited new & old Hindi songs online. Search from most trending, weekly top 15, Hindi movie songs, etc on JioSaavn.
https://www.jiosaavn.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Identify the music playing around you. Explore the music you love. Discover songs, lyrics, and artists on Shazam.
https://www.shazam.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Listen & download the Latest Album songs, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and more for an immersive musical experience. Download Album MP3 songs for an incredible audio adventure.
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Claim 9: “Singer Jeanette took centre stage at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday evening with a live performance accompanying a beach screening of Cría Cuervos”
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The official Festival de Cannes source mentions that 'Porque te vas' will be performed live at the Cinéma de la Plage in conjunction with Cría Cuervos, but the specific detail about Jeanette taking center stage on a 'Wednesday evening' is not corroborated by a second independent source in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — From beginner sewing machines for first-time enthusiasts to advanced and professional sewing and embroidery machines for experienced creators, SINGER® offers tools for every skill level.
https://www.singer.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Singer Corporation is an American manufacturer of consumer sewing machines, first established as I. M. Singer & Co. in 1851 by Isaac M. Singer with New York lawyer Edward C. Clark.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer_Corporation
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web search NEUTRAL — Copyright © 2026 Singer (Sri Lanka Colmbo) PLC All Rights Reserved. Solution by Xiteb
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