The Spirit Of The Beehive

Synopsis

Isabel and Ana are two young sisters growing up in a rural village in 1940s Spain, then under the rule of fascist leader Franco. When a travelling projectionist shows the film Frankenstein in their village hall, Ana is traumatised by it. Her big sister tells her scary stories about the monster, and a spirit that lives in an abandoned farm nearby. But when Ana goes looking for it, she instead discovers a fugitive soldier - and decides that he, like the monster, needs help. The Spirit of the Beehive is a wonderfully evocative portrait of childhood innocence and obsession.