The Spirit of the Beehive
El espíritu de la colmena
1973SpainLanguage: esDirected by Víctor Erice★ 7.6
Available in English: subtitled
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.
Themes and style
Tone
hauntingmelancholicwhimsicalquietly devastating
Pacing
slow burndreamlikemethodical
Story
unravelingjourney
Emotion
loss of innocencelongingfiguring out who you arefeeling powerless
Themes
family wounds passed downlife under oppressionfamily dutycaught between worlds
Feel
quietly hauntingcerebraldiscussion starterrewatchable
Violence
suggestive