The Spirit Of The Beehive

Peaceful is the word that comes to mind. The film seems to be set in a place where time stands still. The images move the story forward, not the dialogue. The two sisters and their fantasies take over the film and their parents become mere background characters who are observing and not understanding their children. Who is the mother writing letters to? The lack of dialogue in the film is the thing that fascinates me the most. The silence and endless countryside where the children run across fields into their imagination. The part that Frankenstein plays in the film is odd and amusing - american horror movies just don't seem to fit into this peaceful country town in Spain. The youngest of the sisters - Ana is wide eyed and so pretty. Her older sister is cute and reminds me of someone but i'm not sure who. This film is the closest i think i've come to feeling what i felt as a child - it made me miss the overwhelming impact imagination and fantasy had on life. I guess that's a luxury you can't afford as an adult. But i wish i could.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070040/