The Two Cines Con Nino

The Two cines con nino is the first genre study of Spanish-language child-starred cinemas. It illuminates continuities in the political use of the child protagonist in over fifty years of Spanish cinema and how the child-starred genres use the concept of childhood to retrospectively define the nation and its future.

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A genre studies approach to child-starred Spanish cinema This is the first genre study of child-starred cinemas from Spain. It illuminates continuities in the political use of the child protagonist in over fifty years of Spanish cinema and how the child-starred genres deploy the concept of childhood to retrospectively define the nation and its future.

From Francoist popular to oppositional auteur films, and including Spanish and Latin American cinema, this monograph examines commonalities in aesthetics, narratives and genre functions. It demonstrates the impact of these narratives within Spanish film history and Francoist biopolitics, as well as providing a broader transatlantic perspective on the genre in select productions from Chile and Argentina.

Key Features

Establishes 'nuevo cine con nino' as a crucial new term in Spanish cinema studies
Pulls the focus from historical memory and trauma to genre and biopolitics in Spanish cultural studies
Proposes new readings of critically-acclaimed films by international auteurs such as Pedro Almodovar and Guillermo de Toro, alongside talented regional filmmakers like Arantxa Lazkano and Agusti Villaronga and popular cinema
Uniquely offers extensive close readings of 26 images from 14 films