"Director: Victor Erice"

• El Sur (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (23/01/2017) from £9.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Recalling her youth in 1950s northern Spain, Estrella revisits her relationship with her beloved father Agustin, raised in the south, and realises how little she knew of him and his secrets. Victor Erice's delicate and mysterious film reveals his abiding fascination with memory and loss, missed opportunities and the links between private dreams and political realities. The performances, like the meticulously lit compositions and evocative soundtrack, are superb; Omero Antonutti is a charismatic Agustin, while Sonsoles Aranguren and Icíar Bollaín shine as, respectively, the young and teenaged Estrella. Exquisitely beautiful, profoundly moving. Special Features: Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition Haunted Memory: The Cinema of Victor Erice (Adrian Martin, Cristina, Álvarez López, 2016, 13 mins): a video essay celebrating the great Spanish director Victor Erice interviewed by Geoff Andrew (2003, 83 mins, audio only) Theatrical re-release trailer Fully illustrated booklet featuring essays by Geoff Andrew and Mar Diestro-Dópido and full film credits

• The Spirit Of The Beehive | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Set in rural Spain just after Franco's victory in the Spanish Civil War Victor Erice's debut film The Spirit Of The Beehive is a remarkable story of a child's innocence amid post-war traumas. Ana Torrent gives a stunning performance as a young girl adjusting to the new Fascist rule. When a travelling cinema comes to town and shows the Boris Karloff film Frankenstein Ana starts to worry about the fate of the Monster. Goaded on by her sister who tells her the Monster lives on the