The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Isabel Tellería: Isabel
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Quotes
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Ana : [unable to sleep] Isabel?
Isabel : [opening her eyes] What?
Ana : [whispering] Tell me what you were going to tell me.
Isabel : [whispering] About what?
Ana : The movie.
Isabel : Not now... Tomorrow.
Ana : Now... You promised. Why did he kill the girl, and why did they kill him after that?... You don't know - you're a liar.
Isabel : They didn't kill him, and he didn't kill the girl.
Ana : How do you know? How do you know they didn't die?
Isabel : Everything in the movies is fake. It's all a trick. Besides, I've seen him alive.
Ana : Where?
Isabel : In a place I know near the village. People can't see him. He only comes out at night.
Ana : Is he a ghost?
Isabel : No, he's a spirit.
Isabel : Like the spirit Dona Lucia talks about?
Isabel : Yes, but spirits have no bodies. That's why you can't kill them.
Ana : But he had one in the movie. He had arms and feet. He had everything.
Isabel : It's a disguise they put on when they go outside...
Ana : If he only comes out at night, how can you talk to him?
Isabel : I told you he was a spirit. If you're his friend, you can talk to him whenever you want. Just close your eyes and call him... It's me, Ana... It's me Ana...
[they hear what sounds like ominous footsteps and are silent]
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Isabel : Papa, have you ever picked a bad mushroom?
Fernando : No. You know why?
Isabel : Why?
Fernando : Because I always do like my grandfather told me.
[he gets up and starts to walk; the girls follow]
Fernando : If you're not sure a mushroom's good, don't pick it. Because if it's bad, and you eat it, it's your last mushroom and your last everything too.
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[last lines]
Isabel : It's me, Ana... It's me, Ana...
