Made toward the end of General Franco's dictatorship, Victor Erice's 1973 film unwinds in rural Castille shortly after the end of the Spanish Civil War. Young Ana (Ana Torrent) is both captivated and puzzled by the screening of James Whale's Frankenstein in the village cinema. Her elder and more mischievous sister Isabel (Isabel Telleria) explains that the monster of the film doesn't die. Instead he survives as a living spirit and can be seen at a seemingly deserted local barn - which is where Ana discovers a wounded soldier...
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