La memoria en el cine de Patricia Ferreira

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to reflect on the ways in which spanish cinema has contributed to the recovery of the so called memoria histórica (“historical memory”) through the analysis of two movies by Patricia Ferreira  –Para que no me olvides and Señora de– which are symptomatic of a renewed sensitivity towards the topic in recent cinema. As  the paper will discuss, both movies ap- proach the issue of memory cutting across a variety of genres and forms such as the fictional drama and the historical documentary. Thus, they either turn to the reality of daily life or become courageous explorations which directly confront what had been previously silenced.