The first feature that Victor Erice directed, 1973’s “The Spirit of the Beehive,” begins in the 1940s, when a traveling cinema arrives in a small rural town in Spain to project “Frankenstein.” In the ...
NYFF: The "Spirit of the Beehive" director returns with a 169-minute epic that captures the essence of his entire career. Erice has only made three other features since his spellbinding debut, but all ...
The Spanish director Víctor Erice is one of our most revered, yet least prolific, European filmmakers. Over the past 50 years or so, he’s directed just four features, starting with his masterful debut ...