Suffering in silence: Alumbramiento as a melodramatic text

Jimmy Hay

doi:10.1386/sfs.1.2.199_1

ISSN: 2042-7824
E-ISSN: 2042-7832

Suffering in silence: Alumbramiento as a melodramatic text
By Jimmy Hay¹
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¹ Swansea University
Source: Short Film Studies, Volume 1, Issue 2, Feb 2011, p. 199 - 202
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/sfs.1.2.199_1
Language: English
- Published online: 01 Feb 2011

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How does a short film such as Alumbramiento relate to a classic genre such as melodrama? This article examines how the film's exploration of morality, its adoption of pathos and its use of soundtrack and mise-en-scène all demand its inscription within an evolving concept of melodrama.

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Keyword(s): melodrama; melodramatic excess; mise-en-scène; muteness; pathos; repressed

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