The Spirit of the Beehive (HKIFF48)
Genre
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
Release Date
29 Mar 2024 (Fri)
Category
--- (HK), ---(Macau)
Running Time
98 Minutes
Language
Spanish
Subtitle
Chinese and English
Director
Víctor Erice
Cast
Fernando Fernán Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent, Isabel Tellería
Synopsis
Hailed by many as the greatest of all Spanish films, Erice’s debut feature is a sublime mood piece that embraces an almost perfect summation of childhood imaginings. Set in an isolated town in 1940, shortly after the end of the civil war, the story follows little Ana, who dreams of meeting the gentle monster from Frankenstein she saw on screen and befriends a fugitive soldier before he is caught and shot. Cloaked in evasive silence, the imagery is at once lucid and enigmatic, poised between adult suppression and childlike eagerness to craft a melancholic allegory of historical trauma.
Hailed by many as the greatest of all Spanish films, Erice’s debut feature is a sublime mood piece that embraces an almost perfect summation of childhood imaginings. Set in an isolated town in 1940, shortly after the end of the civil war, the story follows little Ana, who dreams of meeting the gentle monster from Frankenstein she saw on screen and befriends a fugitive soldier before he is caught and shot. Cloaked in evasive silence, the imagery is at once lucid and enigmatic, poised between adult suppression and childlike eagerness to craft a melancholic allegory of historical trauma.
