Let Us Not Forget: Female Agency and Historical (Dis)remembering in Patricia Ferreira’s Film Sé quién eres

Abstract

Abstract Neo-noir has been employed since the end of the Franco regime to explore Spain’s dark and turbulent history. This article focuses on Patricia Ferreira’s film Sé quién eres (2000), where she transforms the genre of neo-noir into a vehicle of female empowerment and a powerful tool for societal critique. With a daring approach, Ferreira uses the lens of gender to explore the ‘politics of memory’ in Spain, questioning the validity of the official discourse surrounding the supposed peaceful process of the Spanish Transition, while giving the female subject a privileged role in the process of historical revisionism.