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The opening credits begin with a child’s drawing of a beekeeper and their swarm, but this image soon transfers to reality as Ana’s father tends to his hives. In 2017, the band released their 2nd full-length called Pleasure Suck, on Tiny Engines. SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH, releases 09 April 2021 1. The official Spirit of the Beehive merch store. The girl’s parents (Fernando Fernán Gómez and Teresa Gimpera) are fairly impenetrable figures, though it’s clear that their marriage is in trouble. Directed by Víctor Erice. WAKE UP (IN ROTATION) 10. I SUCK THE DEVIL’S COCK 11. ENTERTAINMENT 2. With Fernando Fernán Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent, Isabel Tellería. The beehive – orderly but alien and spiritless – seems to symbolise for the father, who tends it, and for us, the inhumanity of fascist Spain. IT MIGHT TAKE SOME TIME 9. 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