7.7
Where can I stream The Spirit of the Beehive?
In the United States, The Spirit of the Beehive streams on Criterion. You can rent or buy it from Fandango At Home. It also streams in 40 other countries.
Story
In 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl living on the Castilian plain is haunted after attending a screening of James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein and hearing from her sister that the monster is not dead, instead existing as a spirit inhabiting a nearby barn.
Feels like
- Spanish Civil War
- Rural Spain
- Children's Perspective
- Magical Realism
- Frankenstein Allusion
- Post-War Trauma
- Slow-Paced
- Atmospheric
- Melancholy
- Art Film