In La Isla Minima and El Laberinto del Fauno historical justice is depicted in different ways. It’s hard to tell which one is considered to be better than the other as in both of those films there is an abuse of power and corruption in the justice system.
In La Isla Minima the series of events take place South of Spain, in a time when that country is shaken by political instability and corruption within the authorities. We are able to see a transitional world of distrust, perversion and disillusionment. Two cops are investigating for the murder of two girls. Their ways of justice though differ from one another.
It’s quite uncertain to me whether Pedro really emotionally interested about finding the killer and catching him or just wants a ticket back to Madrid and the comforts, including his family, which will be waiting for him. Despite of his true motives as the case moves forward his passion rises and soon he will seemingly do anything to catch the killer and enforce the law.
Juan is the actually opposite of Pedro. While Pedro maintains his composure for the majority of the film, Juan loses his tempers many times with suspects, threatening and harming them to …show more content…
There is a particular scene where there were a couple of farmers hunting for rabbits but Vidal brutally murders them with his own hands because his soldiers misidentified them for rebel fighters. When Vidal realizes this after the two peasants are dead he blames his men for his own mistake saying that they have got to learn to identify these people properly before consulting him. Vidal’s soul has been consumed by fascism, so that means that he can coldly stab a man in the face with ease and still sleep at night without any sense of guilt. Vidal is a cruel and a sadistic man hardened by his battle against the rebels and the beliefs which he holds makes him behave in a brutal way against
In La Isla Minima the series of events take place South of Spain, in a time when that country is shaken by political instability and corruption within the authorities. We are able to see a transitional world of distrust, perversion and disillusionment. Two cops are investigating for the murder of two girls. Their ways of justice though differ from one another.
It’s quite uncertain to me whether Pedro really emotionally interested about finding the killer and catching him or just wants a ticket back to Madrid and the comforts, including his family, which will be waiting for him. Despite of his true motives as the case moves forward his passion rises and soon he will seemingly do anything to catch the killer and enforce the law.
Juan is the actually opposite of Pedro. While Pedro maintains his composure for the majority of the film, Juan loses his tempers many times with suspects, threatening and harming them to …show more content…
There is a particular scene where there were a couple of farmers hunting for rabbits but Vidal brutally murders them with his own hands because his soldiers misidentified them for rebel fighters. When Vidal realizes this after the two peasants are dead he blames his men for his own mistake saying that they have got to learn to identify these people properly before consulting him. Vidal’s soul has been consumed by fascism, so that means that he can coldly stab a man in the face with ease and still sleep at night without any sense of guilt. Vidal is a cruel and a sadistic man hardened by his battle against the rebels and the beliefs which he holds makes him behave in a brutal way against