A most exceptional vision of the inner life of a child just learning about the darker complexities of life.
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10/06/08
Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:18
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: A lonely little village girl who sees Boris Karloff's "Frankenstein," becomes entranced by the monster. The girl's sister convinces her the monster is still alive and she treks off into the... [More]
Starring: Fernando Fernan Gomez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent, Isabel Telleria
Director: Victor Erice
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Reviews for Spirit of the Beehive
Expressively played by its two young leads, it's a work which memorably captures a child's perspective on the mysteries of everyday life.
09/17/03
This is a modest marvel of grace and framing that unfolds with the patience of a cloud and is driven more by wonder than pure emotion.
05/26/06
Top CriticMuch in the film is derivative, but Erice excels in precise evocations of childhood feelings -- there is one dumbfounding moment of lyrical, joyful horror.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's a film that transports us back not just to the sights and sounds of childhood but to a core of sweet innocence and sometimes ignorant bliss.
07/06/06
Top CriticErice meant his film as a sly social commentary, but his opinions are so well enveloped in the film's dreamy coming-of-age tapestry that moviegoers worldwide (especially younger ones) have embraced it.
06/08/06
Those who haven't seen it since the '70s may find themselves amazed all over again by its lyrical potency and grace; those who have never seen it may wonder how it can be that a film this great isn't shown somewhere all the time.
03/31/06
Top Critic...a graceful, lyrical masterpiece wound around one of the most natural and engrossing performances by a child actor we've ever seen.
09/17/06
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07/03/05
filmmaking art of the highest caliber.
07/23/06
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10/01/03
Ana Torrent gives perhaps the greatest child performance of all time.
01/26/06
Top CriticTakes place at the particular intersection of reality and fantasy defined by youthful moviegoing.
01/26/06
Top CriticAna's fearful, credulous eyes are as wide as the flat Castilian horizon, striated by clouds and railroad tracks, which reach beyond the known world.
03/24/06
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10/19/06
Considered by many as one of the key Spanish films of the Seventies.
05/07/07
Screening in a new print so pristine you forget that this film is 33 years old, Spirit of the Beehive sweeps you into its quiet world.
03/24/06
Every magic hour, light-drenched image in Victor Erice's Spirit of the Beehive is filled with mysterious dread.
01/23/06
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02/09/06
A haunting, atmospheric film that focuses on a young girl's obsession with the Frankenstein monster.
08/30/06
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