The Cinema of Spain and Portugal is a fresh concise and wideranging introduction to and overview of Spanish and Portuguese cinema. This volume contains 24 essay... » 

The Cinema of Spain and Portugal is a fresh concise and wideranging introduction to and overview of Spanish and Portuguese cinema. This volume contains 24 essays each on a separate seminal film from the Iberian peninsula. Films from the early era of cinema up to the present day are featured and the contributors discuss a broad sweep of issues such as popular genre social and political context the influence of the European new waves and the emergence of challenging contemporary filmmaking that highlights gender and national identity as prominent themes. The cinema of leading directors such as Floran Rey Juan Antonia Barden Luis Buuel Victor Erice Manoel de Oliveira Pedro Almodvar and Joo Cesar Monteiro is discussed through indepth studies of important films including La Aldea Maldita AnikeBb Viridiana Spirit of the Beehive Journey to the Beginning of the World Torrente All About My Mother and Sex and Lucia. The Cinema of Spain and Portugal is a fresh concise and wideranging introduction to and overview of Spanish and Portuguese cinema. This volume contains 24 essays each on a separate seminal film from the Iberian peninsula. Films from the early era of cinema up to the present day are featured and the contributors discuss a broad sweep of issues such as popular genre social and political context the influence of the European new waves and the emergence of challenging contemporary filmmaking that highlights gender and national identity as prominent themes. The cinema of leading directors such as Floran Rey Juan Antonia Barden Luis Buuel Victor Erice Manoel de Oliveira Pedro Almodvar and Joo Cesar Monteiro is discussed through indepth studies of important films including La Aldea Maldita AnikeBb Viridiana Spirit of the Beehive Journey to the Beginning of the World Torrente All About My Mother and Sex and Lucia. «