El espíritu de la colmena [videorecording] = The spirit of the beehive / Janus Films ; una producción Elías Querejeta ; guión original de Angel Fernández-Santos y Victor Erice ; director, Victor Erice.
Fernando Fernán Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent, Isabel Tellería, Queti de la Cámara, Estanis González, José Villasante, Juan Margallo, Lali Soldevila, Miguel Picazo. Originally produced as a Spanish motion picture in 1973.
Contents:
(99 min.) (1973). Logos/Opening credits -- Hoyuelos -- Beekeeper -- "Frankenstein" -- Spirit -- Footsteps -- Don José -- Farmhouse -- Mushroom hunting -- Playtime -- Train tracks -- Photos -- Black cat -- Accident -- Fire -- Soldier -- Pocket watch -- Bloodstains -- Monster -- Alive -- Window -- End credits -- Color bars (99 min.) (1973). (17 min.) (2006) ; booklet includes the essay "Spanish Lessons" by Paul Julian Smith. Huellas de un espíritu = Footprints of a spirit / conducted and interviewed by Hideyuki Miyaoka (49 min.) (2000) -- Interview with Fernando Fernán Gómez conducted and interviewed by Hideyuki Miyaoka (49 min.) (2000) -- Interview with Fernando Fernán Gómez (12 min.) (2006) -- Linda C. Ehrlich (17 min.) (2006) ; booklet includes the essay "Spanish Lessons" by Paul Julian Smith.
Summary:
Only dimly aware of the shadow of World War II somewhere beyond the Castilian plateau, sisters Isabel and Ana must occupy themselves as their preoccupied scientist father and isolated, languishing mother move in their solitary orbits. After attending the screening of James Whale's "Frankenstein" at a makeshift movie theater in town, Ana becomes obsessed with the idea of befriending the imaginary monster. Largely wordless, the film functions as a striking trompe d'loeil about childhood imagination versus the wider perspective of the adult world.
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