THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE
aka EL ESPIRITU DE LA COLMENA 		Search all of phase9.tv






Year: 1973
UK: Optimum Releasing
Cast: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent, Isabel Tellería, Ketty de la Cámara, Estanis González, José Villasante, Juan Francisco Margallo, Laly Soldevila, Miguel Picazo
Director: Victor Erice
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish (English subtitles)
UK: 97 mins
UK Certificate: PG contains mild violence and distress
UK Release Date: 19 September 2003

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Synopsis

Filmed in 1973 under the Franco regime, the film is about two young girls, an eight-year old girl called Ana, superbly played by Ana Torrent, as its central character and her elder sister Isabel (Isabel Tellería). Living in a Castilian village in 1940 their mother Teresa (Teresa Gimpera) dreamily writes letters to imaginary friends while their father Fernando (Fernando Fernán Gómez) concentrates on his bees keeping a small beehive inside the family home. The girls meanwhile excitedly watch James Whale’s FRANKENSTEIN in the makeshift village cinema which sparks their imaginations.

Director Victor Erice’s seminal film, THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE is a visually poetic, haunting and allegorical film of innocence and isolation enhanced by his skilful camera techniques and the simplicity of the scenes.



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