The Spirit of the Beehive evaluation action
2022-06-22 15:09
It was director Iris' debut, and it was a very resonant work in the '70s. This is an excellent work that depicts children's psychology in a particularly delicate way. It is full of poetic scenes that blend fantasy and reality. It belongs to a children's movie with a terrifying psychology, and exposes some metaphors about the Spanish Civil War that the Spanish film industry has always been sensitive to. For example, there are many honeycomb images in the film. It's a masterpiece with a small metaphor for a big, meaning beyond words.
Extended Reading
The Spirit of the Beehive quotes
-
Ana: [about a mountain where a lot of mushrooms grow] Why don't we go there?
Fernando: It's too far, we would never make it with you weaklings. We will go sometime.
-
Isabel: Take the brush and you wash your face with it. Then put soap on it.
Ana: [lathers up her face] Then I shave off all my little hairs?
Isabel: [laughs] Yes. Then when you're done you put on cologne.