'The Others: The Others' By Amenábar

Spanish cinema largely focuses on the attempt to regain the memory of the Spanish tradition culture, which was destroyed in the Civil war. Spanish culture once consisted of the forgetting, and the moving on , to forget the trauma caused by the violence of the war.

The ‘turning the blind eye’ to the horrific events of regime began a movement in cinema to make any focus on anything but the Spanish Civil War, Spain was traumatised by the effects of the war caused by Franco.During the 1960s the country used its location and beautiful scenery to create a low budget but beautiful set. ‘El Cid’ an epic made by Anthony Mann in Spain in 1961 during an attack. The 1962 ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ by David Mean was located in a dried-up river outside Almeria.
The film was directed in Spanish, with a Spanish crew and was located in Spain. However since it was set in the United States during the Spanish Civil War, all American actors acted in ‘The Others’ in it including Grace , played by the internationally known Hollywood actress, and public figure Nicole Kidman. ‘The Others’ was nominated for global film awards. The film was nominated for six Saturn Awards including Best Director and Best Writing for Amenábar and Best Performance by a Younger Actor for Alakina Mann,[4] and won three: Best Horror Film, Best Actress for Kidman and Best Supporting Actress for Fionnula Flanagan. Nicole Kidman also received a BAFTA for her role in the film, along side Amenábar who was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Original
She brings her traumatised husband back to the house. Charles is disturbed during his stay there, and Mrs. Mills murmurs to Mr. Tuttle, "I do not think he knows where he is." Grace later witnesses an apparition of an old woman dressed up like her daughter. Grace, in fright yells "You are not my daughter!" and hits her. It does seem as though Charles is aware of his wife hitting his child but he is unable to react as he is still in a state of shock. Grace swears she saw the old woman, but Anne is too frightened and refuses to be near her mother. Mrs. Mills pretends to Anne that she too has seen the people, although she knows that she herself is the people. Charles is startled when Anne states what her mother did and he abandons his children in the violent and haunted home, saying he must leave for the front and disappears again. After Charles leaves, and Anne continues to witness ‘the