RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Acevedo-Muñoz, Ernesto R.YR 2011 T1 Coming into the light: Alumbramiento in context JF Short Film Studies, VO 1 IS 2 SP 207 OP 210 DO https://doi.org/10.1386/sfs.1.2.207_1 PB Intellect, SN 2042-7832, AB Abstract This essay places Alumbramiento in the context of Spanish cinema after 1960. Narrative and formal analysis focus on strategies to make dual metaphors of death and birth converge within the film as a family is brought closer together and renewed during the mother's final hours., UL https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/sfs.1.2.207_1