Cinema as a dialogic locus

Resignifications between All about my mother (1999) and All about Eve (1950)

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-677X.rum.2019.148741

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Dialogism, film analysis, All about my mother, All about Eve

Abstract

In this study, we use the concept of dialogism, applied to the studies of film narratives (BAKHTIN, 2003; STAM, 1992), to verify the dialogical relations established by Pedro Almodóvar’s All about my mother (1999) with Joseph Mankiewicz’s All about Eve (1950). We understand that both movies follow different speeches that are socially localized and ideologically constructed, thus revealing the connections existing between fiction and society. Our interest lies, therefore, in the way such dialogue is built between the films and how it resignifies and recontextualizes themes and meanings – the representation of woman and femininity, for example –, laying bare the role of cinema as a producer of voices that are socially discordant, contradictory and representative of specific historical contexts and social positions.

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Author Biographies

  • Marcelo de Lima, Federal University of Paraíba

    Mestrando do Programa de Pós-graduação em Letras da Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB). Membro do Grupo de Pesquisa Sobre Ficção e Produção de Sentido.

  • Luiz Antonio Mousinho, Federal University of Paraíba

    Professor Associado IV do Departamento de Comunicação e da Pós-graduação em Letras da Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB). Desenvolve pesquisa junto ao CNPq (PQ) sobre análise e recepção de ficção audiovisual. Coordena o Grupo de Pesquisa Sobre Ficção e Produção de Sentido.

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2019-06-13

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How to Cite

LIMA, Marcelo de; MOUSINHO, Luiz Antonio. Cinema as a dialogic locus: Resignifications between All about my mother (1999) and All about Eve (1950). RuMoRes, [S. l.], v. 13, n. 25, p. 236–257, 2019. DOI: 10.11606/issn.1982-677X.rum.2019.148741. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/Rumores/article/view/148741. Acesso em: 2 feb. 2026.