This article aims to analyze two seminal films for understanding cinema related to Peru’s Internal Armed Conflict (CAI): La boca del lobo (1988) by Francisco Lombardi and La teta asustada (2009) by Claudia Llosa. It will examine the aesthetic, narrative, and formal dimensions of both films and explore the models of representation they propose within the context of their social and political reality. The article will focus on analyzing the representation of the people through specific scenes that reveal the collective dynamics of the groups. The line of inquiry guiding this article will be the tension between the underrepresentation and overrepresentation of the people, drawing on the work of Georges Didi-Huberman regarding the portrayal of the people in cinema. At the same time, we will consider the power of these images that gaze back at us, drawing on the visual studies of W.J.T. Mitchell. We will ask ourselves: “What do the images want?” and, in doing so, attempt to reflect on the power of their underrepresentation.
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