Un cine con acento: Polifonía, multilingüismo y alteridad en el cine de Ventura Pons

Abstract

Summary: Taking as references the polyphony, multilingualism and the ample variety of voices and sounds in the cinema of Ventura Pons, this article aims to study his work from a new perspective enabling us to establish some parallelisms with the “accented cinema” (Naficy, 2001). The aim of this essay is to show how the multiple languages, accents and musics featured in his films become a prolific narrative and aesthetic resource, often linked to the representation of otherness. The analysis of some of Pons’ most recent films, among others Barcelona (un mapa) (2007) and Forasters (2008), will allow us to elucidate the extent to which polyphony constitutes a trademark in his work. [Keywords: Ventura Pons; Accented Cinema; polyphony; multilingualism; Barcelona; Catalan]