"THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE"
(El Espritu de la Colmena)
1973. 99 minutes.
Victor Erice's bewitching "poem of awakening" is set in a Spanish village in 1940, in the wake of the country's civil war. Six-year-old Ana (Ana Torrent) becomes obsessed with the world of myth and imagination when she attends a traveling movie show of "Frankenstein", an experience that alters her perception of the world around her. In Spanish with English subtitles. Discussion after the film. This film has been rescheduled from Wednesday, December 27, 2017.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Chula Vista Library. This program is made possible in part by a grant through the City of Chula Vista Performing and Visual Arts Grant.
