Acción mutante (1993), de Álex de la Iglesia, en el marco del género distópicoanálisis contextual y estético de una rareza en la industria cinematográfica española.

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The present article is a contextual and stylistic study of the film Acción mutante (1993), by Álex de la Iglesia, in which a brief review through the situation of Spanish cinema during the 1980s and early 1990s is made. This aims at clarifying the reasons why this film constitutes an exception in the cinematographic production of the late twentieth century. On the other hand, the influence it has from the American science fiction cinema is underscored, a crucial issue to understand the dystopian and gender perspective that characterises the film, which is interleaved with the deep-rooted perspective proper to the spanish grotesque tradition. In conclusion, it will be seen that, although a rarity in the industry, the film was a pioneer in the inspiration of American dystopian cinema, as today's productions follow this trend without hesitation and without any prejudice. This was not the case at the end of the 20th century, due to the gap between the conception of auteur cinema and commercial cinema.