“¿Qué significa pesimista?” Infancia e insilio durante la dictadura argentina (1976-1983) en el filme 'El premio' (2011) de Paula Markovitch

ABSTRACT: The film El Premio (2011), by Paula Marko-vitch, is part of the production of the hijos, sons and dau-ghters of victims of the Argentine dictatorship. The author blends autobiography and fiction to present her childhood experiences, focusing on the moment when her story suffers the onslaught of State terrorism. Furthermore, imagining the disappearance of the protagonist’s father, the author identifies with those who were victims of the loss of their relatives. The protagonist’s point of view guides the story, concentrating on the experience of a seven-year-old girl, the daughter of persecuted parents, in a provincial town; but it also preserves the gaze of the adult, who is offered the opportunity of a new elaboration of the experience, especially with regard to the relationship with her mother. To analyze the film, we will focus on the areas of the character’s experience that play a structural role in the story: the spatial dimension, the sphere of play, imagination and literary fiction, the context of the school. Finally, the family relationship, distorted by the violence of the dictatorship