Faces and Spaces of Austerity in Iberian Cinemas (2007-2016)

Abstract

This paper aims at defining the concept of cinema of austerity, establishing its chronology and identifying its primary examples among the feature films made in the Iberian Peninsula between 2007 and 2016. These films will be discussed from a  sociological, cultural and aesthetic perspective in order to analyse the representations of Iberian societies during this period. This research will particularly focus on elements such as the types of characters appearing in those movies –their human geography– and the types of spaces in which the narratives take place –their symbolic geography.