Death of a Subaltern: Melodrama, Class and Victimhood in Muerte de un ciclista (Juan Antonio Bardem, 1955) and La mujer sin cabeza (Lucrecia Martel, 2008).

This article provides a comparative analysis of Muerte de un ciclista (dir. Juan Antonio Bardem, 1955) and La mujer sin cabeza (dir. Lucrecia Martel, 2008). It argues that both films use the hit-and-run motif to address class difference, but also to reflect on key historical events such as the Spani...

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Publicado en:Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 15 - 43
Autor principal: Mourenza, Daniel
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr2023
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