Collective Trauma and the Psychology of Secrets in Transnational Film

<p><i>Collective Trauma and the Psychology of Secrets in Transnational Film </i>advances a methodological line of inquiry based on a fresh insight into the ways in which cinematic meaning is generated and can be ascertained. Premised on a critical reading strategy informed by a metapsychology of secrets the book features analyses of internationally acclaimed films—Guillermo del Torro’s <i>Pan’s Labyrinth </i>Andrey Zvyagintsev’s <i>The Return </i>Jee-woon<i> </i>Kim’s <i>A Tale of Two Sisters </i>and Alejandro Amenábar’s <i>The Others</i>. It demonstrates how a rethinking of the figure of the secret in national film yields a new vantage point for examining heretofore unrecognized connections between collective historical experience cinematic production and a transnational aesthetic of concealment and hiding.</p>