Tuesday, December 27, 2011

The Spirit of the Beehive

The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) starring Ana Torrent, Fernando Gomez, Teresa Gimpera. In 1940 in Spain, a young girl (Torrent) sees the film Frankenstein, and later becomes convinced that the spirit of Frankenstein's monster is alive and living outside her village. A lot of stuff happens in the film after that, but it's disjointed and there's no real plot. Other reviewers have analyzed the movie as an allegory for Franco's Spain, but I lack the insight to see it. The film is in Spanish, with English subtitles. Grade: B

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