What is Little Fugitive / Spirit of the Beehive about?

Double Feature: LITTLE FUGITIVE, 1953, Kino Video, 80 min. Dirs. Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin. In this lovely adventure that perfectly chronicles the mood of 1950s New York, 7-year old Joey (Richie Andrusco) runs away to Coney Island after being tricked into thinking he's killed his older brother, Lennie (Rickie Brewster). What follows is a double journey - Joey's adventures and Lennie's search for his lost little brother - with Engel's camera never failing to register the moments that create a magical atmosphere. SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE (EL ESPIRITU DE LA COLMENA), 1973, Janus Films, 95 min. Dir. Victor Erice. A film of sublime silence and mystery, starring Ana Torrent as an intense, imaginative young girl searching the barren fields outside her town, looking for the disembodied spirit of Frankenstein's monster. Erice's first feature film was widely hailed as a masterpiece upon its release.

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What is Little Fugitive / Spirit of the Beehive about?: Double Feature: LITTLE FUGITIVE, 1953, Kino Video, 80 min. Dirs. Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin. In this lovely adventure that perfectly chronicles the mood of 1950s New York, 7-year old Joey (Richie Andrusco) runs away to Coney Island after being tricked into thinking he's killed his older brother, Lennie (Rickie Brewster). What follows is a double journey - Joey's adventures and Lennie's search for his lost little brother - with Engel's camera never failing to register the moments that create a magical atmosphere.

SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE (EL ESPIRITU DE LA COLMENA), 1973, Janus Films, 95 min. Dir. Victor Erice. A film of sublime silence and mystery, starring Ana Torrent as an intense, imaginative young girl searching the barren fields outside her town, looking for the disembodied spirit of Frankenstein's monster. Erice's first feature film was widely hailed as a masterpiece upon its release.