In het spaans, voor wie het interesseert heb het overigens nog niet. The spirit of the beehive was erices debut, and it would be another decade before he made his. The feature film debut of the spanish filmaker victor erice is both a poetic parable about the power of a childs imagination and a reflection on the franco regime. The film is about the parents, who have suffered the war. The setting is actually just after the war in 1940, so the war has been lost and soldier is now officially a guerilla fighter one of the maquis who feature in pans labyrinth. These will push students to discuss the film more in depth. With fernando fernan gomez, teresa gimpera, ana torrent, isabel telleria. The tribute to victor erice is an initiative of sin fin cinema, amsterdam spanish film festival and rijksmuseum, in collaboration with eye. Oct 14, 2008 written by nicklacey posted in spanish cinema 2 comments. Some villagers quit dependence and develop a local economy. The scarce population of duvayoo, in mexico, has grown fast, powered by illegal immigrations american dream. Ce film date des debuts derice, et est considere comme lun des chefsd. The spirit of the beehive 1973 the criterion collection. Everything that isnt hollywood and a little that is about us.
In a small castilian village in 1940, in the wake of the countrys devastating civil war, sixyearold ana attends a traveling movie show of frankenstein and becomes possessed by the memory of it. The first image is generated from the actual film frankenstein, while the second one is the hallucination that the young girl ana sees in the lake. Writing about the film in sight and sound, xliii 1974, 199200, roger mortimore went so far as to say. It is not a film about childrena wild overstatement, in my opinion. The spirit of the beehivea childs point of view duration. See more ideas about spirit, film and movie posters. Thats the start of this allegory revolving around francos regime and the end of the civil war.
Whether its tactful reticence in political matters was due to artistic intent or. The film was erices debut and is considered a masterpiece of spanish cinema the film focuses on the young girl ana and her fascination with the 1931 american horror film frankenstein, as well as exploring her family life and schooling. Zuzendari bizkaitarraren bigarren filma da eta donostiako zinemaldiaren urrezko maskorra lortu zuen. There are 16 comprehension questions that students will answer as they watch the film. In 1940, after watching and being traumatized by the movie frankenstein 1931, a sensitive seven yearold girl living in a small. A mobile cinema screening of frankenstein has a big impact on them though the film is crucially missing the scene when the creature throws the girl in the water. The monster, the place of the father and growing up in the dictatorship, vida hispanica xxxi autumn, 1982, 17. Entering a childs world of fascination and horror in the aftermath of the spanish civil war, ana, a sensitive sevenyearold girl in a rural spanish hamlet is traumatized after a traveling projectionist screens a print of james whales 1931 frankenstein for the village. The film was erices debut and is considered a masterpiece of spanish cinema. This beautiful poetical and political fable captivated at the 1973 san sebastian international film festival. Sin fin cinema and amsterdam spanish film festival have curated a selection of films to complement this major art exhibition in collaboration with rijksmuseum, presenting a series of screenings and talks at eye filmmuseum, instituto cervantes utrecht, oba amsterdam and rijksmuseum. This beautiful poetical and political fable captivated at the 1973 san sebastian international film festival, at which it won the golden seashell for best film. In 1940, in the aftermath of the spanish civil war, two small sisters, ana and isabel, live in a remote village in castille.
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