Complaint and the Bourbon Monarchy in (Post-)Recessionary Cinema from Spain.

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      SPAIN
    • Subject Terms:
      JUAN Carlos I, King of Spain, 1938-; GALINDO, Jorge
    • Abstract:
      This essay traces the expression of censorious affects toward Spain's emeritus King Juan Carlos I in two films produced in the aftermath of the Great Recession (2007–2009). Centring on Santiago Sierra and Jorge Galindo's Los encargados (2012) and El Rey (Alberto San Juan & Valentín Álvarez, 2018), I argue that cinematic forms of complaint provide an ideal vehicle for contesting the future of the Bourbon monarchy. In the context of the (post-)crisis, both take aim at the Crown, using complaint as a genre to debate social attachments and interrogate narratives linked to the history of democracy in contemporary Spain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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