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THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE: A Child’s Point of View

THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE: A Child’s Point of View

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Using the great Spanish film THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE, by Victor Erice, professor Kristin Thompson shows how restricting us to a child's point of view can make the familiar seem strange and emphasize the horrors of war.

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    The Spirit of the Beehive

    The Spirit of the Beehive

    Directed by Víctor Erice • 1973 • Spain
    Starring Ana Torrent, Isabel Tellería, Fernando Fernán Gómez

    Criterion is proud to present Víctor Erice’s spellbinding THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE (EL ESPÍRITU DE LA COLMENA), widely regarded as the greatest Spanish film of the 1970s. In a small Castilian vi...

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