12.5.12

spirit of the beehive (1973)

aka El espíritu de la colmena.
"Everything in the movies is fake. It's all a trick."
Two young girls (Ana Torrent & Isabel Tellería) living in rural Spain in 1940 drift along in their own small fantasy world, especially after they get to see James Whale's version of Frankenstein.
A languid exploration of a child's view of life, contrasted with that of the automaton like beehive. It's very minimalism either draws you in, or sends you to sleep!

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