El Espíritu de la colmena
Spain
1973 Fantasy drama
1h 35min
Original language: Spanish
In a small Castilian village in 1940, in the wake of Spain's devastating civil war, six-year-old Ana (Ana Torrent) attends a traveling movie show of Frankenstein and becomes possessed by the memory of it. Produced as Generalissimo Francisco Franco's long regime was nearing its end and widely regarded as the greatest Spanish film of the 1970s, The Spirit of the Beehive is a bewitching portrait of a child's haunted inner life and one of the most visually arresting movies ever made.
| Directed by | Víctor Erice |
| Written by | Víctor Erice |
| Company | Janus FilmsJanus FilmsJanus Films |