Agrimorfee a movie you cant look away from, but damn, i just didnt get it. The film was erices debut and is considered a masterpiece of spanish cinema the film focuses on the young girl ana and her fascination with the 1931 american horror film frankenstein, as well as exploring her family life and schooling. Oct 14, 2008 written by nicklacey posted in spanish cinema 2 comments. In a small castilian village in 1940, in the wake of the countrys devastating civil war, sixyearold ana attends a traveling movie show of frankenstein and becomes possessed by the. Alle beschikbare streamingdiensten in nederland geen beschikbare streaming opties.
With fernando fernan gomez, teresa gimpera, ana torrent, isabel telleria. Zij raakt geboeid door het monster van frankenstein en gaat naar hem op zoek. In 1940, after watching and being traumatized by the movie frankenstein 1931, a sensitive seven yearold girl living in a small spanish village drifts into her own fantasy world. The film was erices debut and is considered a masterpiece of spanish cinema. C estivariz rocca rivarola rodriguez larreta mayorga salvatore. The life in the village is calm and uneventful an allegory of spanish life after general francos victory in the spanish civil war. The setting is actually just after the war in 1940, so the war has been lost and soldier is now officially a guerilla fighter one of the maquis who feature in pans labyrinth. The first image is generated from the actual film frankenstein, while the second one is the hallucination that the young girl ana sees in the lake. Entering a childs world of fascination and horror in the aftermath of the spanish civil war, ana, a sensitive sevenyearold girl in a rural spanish hamlet is traumatized after a traveling projectionist screens a print of james whales 1931 frankenstein for the village.
In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Whether its tactful reticence in political matters was due to artistic intent or. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Widely regarded as a masterpiece of spanish cinema, this allegorical tale is set in a remote village in the 1940s. For virginia higginbotham the monster represents francos spain, a country that has lost both its memory and its moral sense 11620. April 17, 2014 thesewaneepurple arts and entertainment leave a comment. There are 16 comprehension questions that students will answer as they watch the film. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. It is very noticeable how much that was relatively facile and obvious has been pared awaymaybe a little too much in places. Plot synopsis amg widely regarded as a masterpiece of spanish cinema, this allegorical tale is set in a remote village in the 1940s.