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Honeycomb (1969)

Honeycomb poster
Original title
La Madriguera
Directed by
Carlos Saura
Genre
drama film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 42m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A married couple retreat to an isolated house. Their relationship becomes strained as they play strange games and confront buried tensions.

absurdisttenseclaustrophobicpsychologically intenseslow-burnunsettlingdreamlikeemotionally distant

What happens

Honeycomb (Spanish: La Madriguera) is a 1969 Spanish absurdist psychological drama film directed by Carlos Saura, co-written by Saura, Rafael Azcona and Geraldine Chaplin. The film stars Geraldine Chaplin and Per Oscarsson as a complicated married couple. It was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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