Contemporary Spanish Cinema

Coming out of Dictatorship: 1973 - now

Resources

Coming out of Dictatorship: 1973 - now: Presentation

Spain and its cinema pre-1975
Dictatorship and survival 1939-1975
: Presentation - film clips
Background: The context: Spain in the 20th century



El espíritu de la colmena
The spirit of the beehive
Víctor Erice, 1973
Key films
Transition
El crimen de Cuenca

The Cuenca crime
Pilar Miró, 1979

Extract
Transcription

Other extracts

Democracy
Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón

Pepi, Luci, Bom and other girls in our crowd
Pedro Almodóvar, 1980

The Flowerpots - Pepi's Revenge

Other extracts

Carmen
Las bicicletas son para el verano
Bicycles are for the summer
Jaime Chávarri, 1984

Extract
Transcription

bicicletas
Vacas

Cows
Julio Medem, 1991

Extract

Other extracts

vacas
Jamón, jamón

Ham, ham
Juan José Bigas Luna, 1992

Extracts: the start - the end

Other extracts

jamon
El sol del membrillo

The quince tree sun
Víctor Erice, 1992

Extracts: the painting - the song

 

membrillo
Belle Époque

Fernando Trueba, 1993

Extract

Trailer

epoque
Hola, ¿estás sola?

Hi, are you alone?
Iciar Bolláin, 1995

Extract

hola
Tesis

Thesis
Alejandro Amenábar, 1996

Extract

tesis
Carne trémula

Trembling flesh (Live flesh)
Pedro Almodóvar, 1997

Extracts: start - end

Other extracts

carne
Goya en Burdeos

Goya in Bordeaux
Carlos Saura, 1999

Sequence of extracts

 

 

goya
Solas

Alone
Benito Zambrano, 1999

Extract

solas
El laberinto del fauno

Pan’s labyrinth
Guillermo del Toro, 2006

Extract

Other extracts

Website


pan
Las 13 rosas

The 13 roses
Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, 2007

Extract

Trailer - Other extracts

Website

rosas

Updated: 12 December, 2008
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