El ojo mutilado: Miradas fílmicas en torno a la violencia policial de la España post-crisis en El rei borni (Marc Crehuet, 2016) y A tu què et sembla? (Pau Poch, 2015)

This article analyses how the black comedy El rei borni (Marc Crehuet, 2016) and the documentary A tu què et sembla? (Pau Poch, 2015) use different generic approaches to denounce the rise of police violence in Spain in response to public manifestations of outrage. Both films focus on the consequences of the widespread use of rubber and foam bullets as a paradigmatic example of protest control in the post-2008 crisis era. It analyses the representation of the mutilated eye as a visual metaphor for institutional violence and the increased use of security forces associated against the paradigm of the Spanish anti-austerity movement known as 15M. By focusing on the representation of the mutilated eye, this article suggests that both productions openly criticise the repeated use of coercive violence as a method of legitimising the existing institutional power.