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The Spirit of the Beehive

1973 · 99 min

A hushed, dreamlike drift through a child's haunted gaze, slow and luminous, lingering long after the screen goes dark.

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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • isolation
  • grief
  • memory
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, fantasy
Directed by
Víctor Erice
Written by
Ángel Fernández Santos, Víctor Erice
Starring
Ana Torrent, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Isabel Tellería, Laly Soldevila, Miguel Picazo, José Villasante, Juan Margallo
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
99 min
Country
Spain
Languages
Spanish

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