Tuesday, October 02, 2007

The Spirit of the Beehive

Set in a small Spanish town in the 1940s centers around young Ana (Ana Torrent) who is fascinated by Frankenstein after watching the 1930 classic by James Whale. The gullible girl is fooled by her sister Isabel (Isabel Tellería) into believing that he lives in an abandoned shed in a field. Their story is paralleled by estranged relationship between their parents. The father, a beekeeper, lives in world of his bees. Their mother pines for a love long lost. All in all a very allegorical film who's allegory was lost on me.

Rating: * +

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