Transcending borders? Observing lesbian desire and intimacy in Ruth Caudeli’s Porque no. (2016) and Petit Mal (2022)

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dc.contributor.authorValderrama-Burgos, Karolen
dc.contributor.authorFielding, Georgiaen
dc.contributor.editorAlexander, Lawrenceen
dc.contributor.editorPérez-Osorio, Javieren
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-11T13:12:23Z
dc.date.available2025-11-11T13:12:23Z
dc.date.issued2025-10-23en
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the work of Spanish filmmaker Ruth Caudeli by assessing the extent to which her films made in Colombia have contributed to a transnational and feminist perspective on lesbian subjects. By focusing on the short film Porque no. (Just Because., 2016) and the feature Petit Mal (2022), we draw on the concepts of desire and intimacy through a multidisciplinary framework comprising gender perspectives, filmmaking approaches, and Latin American Studies, in order to explore a cinematic mode of representation that reclaims, records, and archives the lived experience of diverse women in the context of Latin America. Significantly, this article brings to light the ways in which Caudeli’s aesthetics exhibit attributes of the melodramatic genre and documentary modes when addressing female same-sex sexuality through cinema. In doing so, the article facilitates the reconceptualisation and critique of the representation of lesbian women through Caudeli’s work, exploring whether it disrupts the heteronormative expectations of the patriarchal societies of Latin America and how non–Latin American filmmakers such as Caudeli have chosen to tackle diversity and women on-screen.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationValderrama-Burgos, K. and Fielding, G. (2025) 'Transcending borders? Observing lesbian desire and intimacy in Ruth Caudeli’s Porque no. (2016) and Petit Mal (2022)', Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 29–30, pp. 42–69. https://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.2930.03en
dc.identifier.doi10.33178/alpha.2930.03en
dc.identifier.endpage69en
dc.identifier.issued29-30
dc.identifier.journaltitleAlphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Mediaen
dc.identifier.startpage42en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/18173
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherFilm and Screen Media, University College Corken
dc.relation.ispartofAlphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Mediaen
dc.rights© 2025, the Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectLesbian desireen
dc.subjectIntimacyen
dc.subjectRuth Caudelien
dc.subjectMelodramaen
dc.subjectDocumentary modesen
dc.titleTranscending borders? Observing lesbian desire and intimacy in Ruth Caudeli’s Porque no. (2016) and Petit Mal (2022)en
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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