Memory of dictatorship in cinema: representation of filmic aspects in the armed struggle conflicts in Brazilian military regime period

Abstract

This article presents some possibilities of analysing the relationship betweencinema and history by using the results of a previous analysis of some Brazilian movies thatpresent the military regime period (1964-1985) and emphasize the armed struggleconflicts. Assuming that the movie reveals itself as an operator of social memory, I tryto show the mechanisms of construction of cinematographic narrative which intend toelaborate the production of senses on the subject in question, and find the clashof memories in this field. As a representation of a social imaginary, the historicalmovie comprehension demands the exposure of the extra-filmic aspects that influenceits production of meaning.