From Invisibility to Reparation: The Long Path of Female Victims of Terrorism and Their Characterization in Films

Abstract

Since 2001, filmmakers have reflected in their works the consequences of domestic terrorism on those women who, directly or indirectly, have been victims of political violence. This article analyzes the cinematographic treatment given to these victims in the fiction films produced in four countries –Ireland, Germany, Italy and Spain–, punished with greater virulence for the armed struggle, once after the terrorist groups laid down their arms. The objective of this research is to know the differences and similarities of the stereotypes proposed in the films. Those women who were silenced during the hardest years of the armed struggle will now be defined with characteristics that serve as a universal model to understand the role of women in society after conflicts.