The Spirit of the Beehive

The Spirit of the Beehive(1973)

10/08/1973 (US)Drama, Fantasy1h 38m
7.6

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.

Víctor Erice

Director

Francisco J. Querejeta

Screenplay

Ángel Fernández Santos

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A review by Andres Gomez
8.0

Written on October 11, 2014

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.