The Spirit of the Beehive
Taste attributes: dramafantasyheavyimaginaryintricatebig & variedcomplex relationship
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly fantasy film, heavy rather than light. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
7.7 /10
TMDB · 235 votes
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Streaming data: JustWatch
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What lines up
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Balanced, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
In the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, Ana, a sensitive seven-year-old girl in a rural Spanish hamlet is traumatized after a traveling projectionist screens a print of James Whale's 1931 "Frankenstein" for the village. The youngster is profoundly disturbed by the scenes in which the monster murders the little girl and is later killed himself by the villagers. She questions her sister about the profundities of life and death and believes her older sibling when she tells her that the monster is not dead, but exists as a spirit inhabiting a nearby barn. When a Loyalist soldier, a fugitive from Franco's victorious army, hides out in the barn, Ana crosses from reality into a fantasy world of her own.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 1973
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Elías Querejeta P. C.
- Taste scores
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
