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The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Directed by Víctor Erice
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Overview
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.
Length 99 minutes
Actors
Fernando Fernán Gómez | Teresa Gimpera | Ana Torrent | Isabel Tellería | Laly Soldevila | Miguel Picazo | José Villasante | Juan Margallo | Estanis González | Ketty de la Cámara
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/01/2020 | TV | DVD | Library | 7.5 stars |
| (Average) 7.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Post-Spanish Civil War film set in 1940 rural Spain that gets a new movie to screen at the town hall: Frankenstein. A young girl becomes obsessed with what she saw believes it to be real. Nice story and wonderfully acted particularly by the children (Ana Torrent is great).
Didn’t plan it bc I didn’t know this was about Frankenstein but kinda cool to view this on the birthday of Mary Shelley. Okay, the day after but ppl are still celebrating it today. There’s a neat Spanish poster for the movie that hangs outside the town hall; it would a lovely to own a reproduction.
This is the kind of film I’d expect to see at a sidebar at Fantastic Fest for a “films that influenced Guillermo del Toro” spotlight. I’m just guessing but this feels like a film that inspired him from the period (Pan’s Labyrinth) small rural village (Devil’s Backbone) to the fascination with Frankenstein to the act of viewing a movie in a communal setting. I’d love to see this on the big screen regardless.
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