CINEMA OF CONTRADICTION: SPANISH FILM IN THE 1960S

"A key decade in world cinema, the 1960s was also a crucial era of change in Spain. A Cinema of Contradictions, analyses six films that reflect and interpret these transformations. The coexistence of traditional and modern values and the timid acceptance of limited change by Franco's authoritarian regime are symptoms of the uneven modernity that characterises the period. Contradiction - the unavoidable effect of that unevenness - is the conceptual terrain explored by these six filmmakers."--Jacket.