The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)

A child's encounter with Frankenstein spreads into the silent rooms and open country of post-Civil War Spain. Víctor Erice holds on faces, doorways and honey-coloured interiors until ordinary spaces start to carry Ana's fear and curiosity. Her wish to understand the creature gives you an emotional thread even when adults remain opaque. The political echoes add depth, but you can enter through the child's attentive looking without arriving with a history lesson.