Marina Andina

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.

Spain, under Philip IV (1621-1665). The film is based on a novel by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. The King is stunned to see the naked body of Marfisa, the most beautiful prostitute of the town and Court. After that, he also wants to see the Queen naked. However, the King, despite the opposition and the scandal of the Church, will not stop until he reaches his wishes.

A caustic satire of many of the 'types' found in Spanish society.

« Dans le secret des bibliothèques, derrière les reliures sévères et précieuses, se cachent bien des mystères. Les plus doux de ces mystères nous viennent des grands écrivains eux-mêmes. Loin, bien loin de leurs œuvres officiellement reconnues, nombre d'auteurs célèbres, sous leur nom ou un pseudonyme, se divertissent à écrire des récits où les jeux de l'amour et de la beauté s'épanouirent. Ces récits, la Série rose est allée les découvrir pour vous, public sensible et averti. Nous allons pour vous tourner les pages de ces livres secrets dont les années n'ont pas effacé le parfum. La Série rose s'ouvre à vous... »

Recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Alcántaras, during the last years of the rule of Francisco Franco and the beginning of the Spanish Transition to democracy.