Crítica feminista cinematográfica : análisis de En el nombre de la hija y No robarás (a menos que sea necesario).

Abstract

Cinema has been a space traditionally dominated by the male gaze, where the role of women has been subordinated to the men’s. Female roles have represented passive characters and have become an object of contemplation and desire. Against this background, the counter-cinema and feminist film criticism are presented as a counterpoint to the construction of conventional film narratives. From the analysis of discourse and feminist criticism and gender studies, this paper will review the Ecuadorian films En el nombre de la hija (2011) by Tania Hermida and No robarás (a menos que sea necesario) (2013) by Viviana Cordero with the aim of finding traits of the feminist counter-cinema that allow to understand the production of female directors as a possible place of subversion to the narrative of traditional cinema.