The child imprisoned in history: crystalline community building in O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias (Brazil, 2006)

Martin-Jones, D. (2022) The child imprisoned in history: crystalline community building in O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias (Brazil, 2006). In: Lury, K. (ed.) The Child in Cinema. British Film Institute: London ; New York, NY, pp. 139-156. ISBN 9781844575138 (doi: 10.5040/9781839024962.ch-008)

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Abstract

In the 2000s a transnational trend emerged across several Latin American cinemas, for films exploring national pasts under military rule through a child protagonist. Several such films were set in the 1970s, including four from the Southern Cone: Kamchatka (Argentina/Spain/Italy, 2002), Machuca (Chile/Spain/UK/France, 2004), O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias/The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (Brazil, 2006), and Paisito (Uruguay/Spain/Argentina, 2008). This chapter focuses on O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias, which situates its child protagonist, Mauro, (Michel Joelsas) in a cinematically reconstructed 1970.

Item Type:Book Sections
Status:Published
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Martin-Jones, Professor David
Authors: Martin-Jones, D.
College/School:College of Arts & Humanities > School of Culture and Creative Arts > Theatre Film and TV Studies
Publisher:British Film Institute
ISBN:9781844575138
Published Online:30 May 2022

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