Comedy, migration and post-crisis anxiety in Perdiendo el norte/Off Course (Nacho García Velilla 2015) and Perdiendo el este/Off Course to China (Paco Caballero 2019) | Intellect Skip to content
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Mobilizing Affect in Spanish Film and Screen Media from the Great Recession to the Present
  • ISSN: 2050-4837
  • E-ISSN: 2050-4845

Abstract

Comedy in (2015) and its sequel (2019) is a tool for mitigating national anxieties related to migration and economic exchange following the global financial crisis. Both films follow Spaniards who emigrate in the wake of the economic crisis. While follows a tradition of comedic (typically Spanish films), employing the familiar foil of Germany, introduces China as an economic challenger. borrows heavily from its predecessor, (1971), but ultimately flips the script on ’s nationalist nostalgia, advocating for greater transnationalism. , on the other hand, reinscribes a nationalist agenda by framing the Chinese as incompatible with Spanish national identity. Its preoccupation with Chinese investment in post-crisis Spain can be read as a reflection of the region’s angst about its own economic and cultural capital in the twenty-first century.

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