%0 Journal Article
%T Cinema as a medium for shaping cultural memory
%A Krysiak, Magdalena
%J Arts & Cultural Studies Review
%V 2012
%R 10.4467/20843860PK.12.012.0652
%N Issue 2 (12)
%P 163-170
%K cinema, films, Franco’s regime, memory, recovery of historical memory, republicans, Spain, Spanish Civil War
%@ 1895-975X
%D 2012
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przeglad-kulturoznawczy/article/kino-jako-medium-ksztaltujace-kulture-pamieci-na-przykladzie-wybranych-filmow-hiszpanskich
%X 
	Cinema as a medium for shaping cultural memory
	The article focuses on the phenomenon of historical memory in Spain and the proces of its recovery. The author chose cinema as a medium for passing memory and presented three movies, that refer to the period of Spanish Civil War and Franco’s regime: ¡Ay, Carmela! by Carlos Saura, La hora de los valientes by Antonio Mercero and La hora de los valientes by José Luís Cuerda. A characteristic feature of those films is nostalgia for the lost paradise embodied by the Second Republic and repugnance for Franco’s regime. They also reflect dominant conviction about Spain divided into two opposing worlds where communication is impossible. There is a clear tendency to divide the memory and history in Spain into black and white and people into just and unjust depending on their attitude towards the regime of Franco. We can observe that especially one memory in Spanish cinema is highlighted – the memory of the republicans