The Spanish film industry had a remarkable production of fictional tourist films during the decades of the fifties and sixties. It was in that chronological period when Spanish society experienced what is known as a ‘tourist boom’, a phenomenon that led to decisive changes in Spanish society. They were reflected in these films, from thematic and discursive choices of popular cinema, and provided a platform for government tourism policy. At the same time those movies wrote on the screens the chronicle of social transformation that the country lived.... [Leer más...]