Spanish Cinematographic Discourse in the Seventies: Narrative Analysis from Late-Francoism Towards Transition

Abstract

The main motivation is getting to know the Spanish cinema of the seventies in its extension with the focus on the evolution of its discourse from 1970 to 1979. The objectives are based on knowing the plot features of greatest recidivism, as well as relating the evolution of the narrative approaches, the flexibility and the change of the discursive proposals with respect to the last years of the Franco regime and the beginning of the Transition when a drastic change has been detected. Genre films, such as the Euro-western, `giallo ́ or horror films in co-production are virtually extinguished by the middle of the decade, and new approaches emerge such as ‹S› films and quinqui cinema, among others. There are various social confrontations projected on the fictional narrative. Sexual assault becomes a recurring theme and, throughout the decade, it would get ever-more crude in its representation.