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La colmena

1982 · 1h 52m · Comedy, Drama · Spain · Rated 18 (ES)

As in the novel of the same title from Camilo Jose Cela, "La Colmena" is a sad composition with the stories of many people in the Madrid of 1942, just the postwar of the spanish civil war. The main theme of the film is the contrast between the poets, surviving close to misery under the Franco's regime, and the winners of the war, the emerging class of the people that makes easy money with illegal business.

Directed by
Mario Camus
Written by
José Luis Dibildos
Based on the novel by
Camilo José Cela
Starring
Ana Belén, Concha Velasco, Victoria Abril, Francisco Rabal
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Rating18 (ES)

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