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The Spirit of the Beehive
The Spirit of the Beehive

7.6

The Spirit of the Beehive

NR·1973·97m

Summary

In 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl living on the Castilian plain is haunted after attending a screening of James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein and hearing from her sister that the monster is not dead, instead existing as a spirit inhabiting a nearby barn.

Crew

Director

Víctor Erice

Screenplay

Francisco J. Querejeta

Screenplay

Ángel Fernández Santos

Reviews

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tanty

October 11, 2014

8

Good movie about children's world and believes with magnificent Fernando Fernán Gómez and really good performance from Ana Torrent.

The script is *really* good and depicts pretty well a stage in Spanish countryside life after the civil war.

A must to be seen.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

Spanish

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

beehive
baby-snatching
spanish civil war (1936-39)