Movies by Víctor Erice

3.11 A Sense of Home

3.11 A Sense of Home

In memory of the Japanese earthquake on 3.11, each director presents a 3 minute and 11 second short film in tribute to those who were lost that day.

The Spirit of the Beehive

The Spirit of the Beehive

In 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl living on the Castilian plain is haunted after attending a screening of James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein and hearing from her sister that the monster is not dead, instead existing as a spirit inhabiting a nearby barn.

Sketches (1990-2003)

Sketches (1990-2003)

Apuntes is a sort of prologue to ‘The Quince Tree Sun’. With images shot by Erice in the Summer of 1990, as he was preparing such film, observing how the painter Antonio López worked. Erice wrote and selected the texts which illustrate them. Apuntes is split in 6 parts to show López’s 6 projects.

Arroyo de la luz

Arroyo de la luz

In a school in Extremadura in a town called Arroyo de la Luz, the teacher shows children of about ten years the subtitled Kiarostami film "Where is my friend's house?" and makes them reflect on the moral dilemma about friendship and obedience posed by the film

Los días perdidos

Los días perdidos

A married woman living in France returns to Madrid to bury her father.

The Challenges

The Challenges

Los desafíos presents three separate stories that are linked by an American presence in Spain in the 1960s, with Dean Selmier playing the role of the American male in all three.

Sea-Mail

Sea-Mail

Shortlength that recreates the letters exchanged between Victor Erice and Abbas Kiarostami.

Close Your Eyes

Close Your Eyes

Years after his mysterious disappearance, Julio Arenas, a famous Spanish actor, is back in the news thanks to a television program.