Una huella mexicana en el cine español: la naturaleza mágica y resistente en Biutiful de Alejandro González Iñárritu y El laberinto del fauno de Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro and Alejandro González lñárritu sit at the fore of the transnational shift in Mexican and Hispanic cinemas of the new century. Their successful films both at home and in Spain and the US have attested to their skill as auteurs and visionaries. The present study uncovers the Latín American and Mexican aesthetics surrounding the role of nature and the national landscape in these directors' Iberian films.