History Creator / VictorErice

His third, made another decade later, was ''The Quince Tree Sun'' (also known as ''Dream of Light''). Unlike his previous two features, this one was a documentary, following the {{painter|s}} Antonio Lopez Garcia as he attempts to paint a quince tree that grows in his backyard.

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His third, made another decade later, was ''The Quince Tree Sun'' (also known as ''Dream of Light''). Unlike his previous two features, this one was a documentary, following the painter Antonio Lopez Garcia as he attempts to paint a quince tree that grows in his backyard.

* {{Chiaroscuro}}: Erice's visual style, which features a very precise use of light, has been compared to painters such as Caravaggio.

* TransatlanticEquivalent: His small output and beautiful visuals have caused comparisons to Creator/TerrenceMalick. Interestingly, both of their debut features premiered in 1973.

Erice was born under the regime of UsefulNotes/FranciscoFranco, shortly after the Spanish Civil War. As a child, he went to the movies to escape from the difficult political situation in Spain at the time. After seeing Italian Neorealist movies such as Film/TheBicycleThief and ''Rome, Open City'' he would realize that a film could be an act of political resistance. He eventually got a job as a film critic before going into directing himself. He would start off directing short films and commercials, eventually getting recognized with his first feature.

A decade later, he would return to the theme of childhood with The South. The film chronicles the complicated relationship between a young girl and her father with a mysterious past.

His third, made another decade later, was The Quince Tree Sun (also known as Dream of Light). Unlike his previous two features, this one was a documentary, following the painter Antonio Lopez Garcia as he attempts to paint a quince tree that grows in his backyard.

Erice's first feature film, made in 1973, was ''Film/TheSpiritOfTheBeehive'', about a young girl who becomes obsessed with meeting Frankenstein's monster. The film was a critique of the Franco regime, which almost got it banned by the censors. The film was only allowed to be shown because it received a positive reception in other countries and the censors assumed no one would bother watching a slow-paced art film. The film is now often called the greatest Spanish film of the seventies.

His second, made a decade later, was The South, about the relationship between a young girl and her father.

* SceneryPorn: Erice's visual style has been compared to painters such as Caravaggio.

Erice's first feature film, made in 1973, was Film/TheSpiritOfTheBeehive, about a young girl who becomes obsessed with meeting Frankenstein's monster. The film was a critique of the Franco regime, which almost got it banned by the censors. The film was only allowed to be shown because it received a positive reception in other countries and the censors assumed no one would bother watching a slow-paced art film. The film is now often called the greatest Spanish film of the seventies.

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