Fleeing in "Forgotten Wars". The Carlist Wars in Basque Cinematography

Torrado Morales, Susana

Publication year:

2013

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISSN:

1137-4438

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Summary

This article presents an analysis of three Basque films -Crónica de la Guerra Carlista (1872-1876)/Chronicle of the Carlist War (1872-1876) (Tuduri, 1988), Santa Cruz, el cura guerrillero/Santa Cruz, the Guerrilla Priest (Tuduri, 1990) and Vacas/Cows (Medem, 1992)- set during the Third Carlist War in a critical framework based on the representation of fleeing as one of the consequences of losing the war.