Set in rural Spain just after Franco's victory in the Spanish Civil War,
Victor Erice's debut film The Spirit Of The Beehive is a remarkable story
of a child's innocence amid post-war traumas. Ana Torrent gives a stunning
performance as a young girl adjusting to the new Fascist rule. When a travelling
cinema comes to town and shows the Boris Karloff film Frankenstein, Ana
starts to worry about the fate of the Monster.
Goaded on by her sister, who tells her the Monster lives on the edge of the
village, she finally summons up enough courage to visit the house. She discovers
a fugitive on the run who becomes a surrogate for the Monster of her imagining,
and she naively tries to protect him from the villagers and police. Hailed
worldwide by critics, The Spirit Of The Beehive is a remarkable debut -
thought-provoking, lyrical and deeply moving in its depiction of Ana's innocent
and honest view of a turbulent world.
- Import DVD
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