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Film
The Spirit of the Beehive
El espíritu de la colmena
★ Editor's Pick
Spain, 1940. A six-year-old girl becomes obsessed with Frankenstein's monster after seeing the film in her village, believing the creature to be real and benevolent. A haunting, elliptical fable about childhood, imagination, and life under Franco's silence.
Language
Spanish
Cast
Ana Torrent, Isabel Tellería, Fernando Fernán Gómez
Awards
- San Sebastián International Film Festival — Best Film