A Personal Experience of Representation - The Intersection of Armenian Culture & Epilepsy
I am an Armenian who has a mild form of epilepsy. I rarely see Armenian culture and epilepsy properly portrayed in film or TV. I delve into the how and why.
The Beehive
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.
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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.
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Genre:Comedy, Drama
Written By:José Luis Dibildos
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Runtime:112 minutes
Studio:Ágata Films, TVE
Cast
Mario Camus
Director
Ana Belén
Victorita
Concha Velasco
Purita
Victoria Abril
Julita
Francisco Rabal
Ricardo Sorbedo
Mario Pardo
Rubio Antofagasta
Fiorella Faltoyano
Filo
José «Saza» Sazatornil
Tesifonte Ovejero
José Luis López Vázquez
Leonardo Meléndez
Mary Carrillo
Doña Asunción
Charo López
Nati Robles
Marta Fernández Muro
Amparito
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