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FILM DETAILS

Certificate PG

Cast Fernando Fernan Gomez Teresa Gimpera Ana Torrent Isabel Telleria

Directors Victor Erice

Screenwriters Victor Erice Angel Fernandez J Querejeta

Running Time 97 minutes

The Spirit Of The Beehive
An audacious critique of the ruinous legacy of the Spanish Civil War

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Plot
Detached from her parents, Fernando and Teresa, seven year-old Ana seeks solace from the deprivations of post-Civil War Spain in caring for the deserter who reminds her of the Monster she came to pity at the screening of James Whale's Frankenstein, which she attended with her older sister, Isabel.

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