Wow! What a film. I really enjoyed this film and was excited that I got to screen it. These women in this film were amazing. It was awesome to finally see the women as strong and resilient. First is Raimunda. She was such a hard working women who cared a lot about her family. She busted her butt to provide for her family while her husband was a slacker. She had been treated pretty badly as a child and became pregnant with her own father's child. She embraced this and raised Paula to be a wonderful young women. Paula! You go girl! Her step father had tried to rape her and she would not stand for it. Instead she protected herself and in the end killed Paco. When Raimunda found out she took the blame for the situation and got rid of the body so her daughter would never have to face the police. She did a great job at lying to everyone and making sure they all thought that he had just left her.
Mom was awesome. When she found out what had happened to her daughter she took the bull by the horns and made sure that she got rid of him! She spent the time after that taking care of aunt Paula until she died. Sole was also a strong women. Instead of wasting her time feeling sorry for herself because her husband had left, she opened her own salon in her house and made a good life.
I was so happy to see in the end that although these women had faced such tragedies in life they were able to mustard up the strength and go on with life. They in the end embraced each other and were able to become even stronger. I was so glad to see them all happy at the end.
Superstitions in this film seemed normal. The whole death process seemed more like a normal part of life and something that must be embraced then a sad thing. The women would buy their burial plots and take care of them for the rest of their lives. This kind of creeps me out. I don't want to go to the cemetery and see my name on a tombstone. Also, the village seemed to embrace Irene as a ghost and did not seemed frightened by it. Augustina even wanted Raimunda to talk to the ghost and find out about her mother. Death is normally a scary process but seemed normal in this culture.
Finally a film I enjoyed. First one since Motorcycle Diaries!
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I agree Ramunda was such a hard worker. I thought she was quite clever in how she was able to open the restaurant and make the food by borrowing from friends. She was quite resilient, loving her daughter even though she was the product of a rape by her father. I also liked how she protected Paula and told her I killed your father. I thought she was quite a quick thinker when she told everyone that her husband had left her. THere were several times in the movie she could come up with a stroy when she needed it.
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I too enjoyed this film for portraying the "I am woman" theme. I am not sure I could even have a child if I was impregnated by my father let alone love it like Raimunda did Paula. I thought it ironic that even though Paula did not know the story behind her birth that she killed Paco when he tried to rape her and had virtually no remorse. I definately don't begrudge her for that but obviously Raimunda despite not telling her the whole story raised her to believe that accepting that type of behavior was not to be tolerated.
ReplyDeleteI too think that the cleaning of the tombstones was creepy. I am not sure I understood the point of it, other than just plain old respect for the dead. I enjoyed finding out that Irene was not a ghost and that she could mend her broken relationship with Raimunda. All in all a decent movie.
I have to comment on the cleaning of the tombstones. I enjoyed this scene just because of the respect for the dead. Once your loved one is gone a person holds onto what ever is left. My husband and I often care and clean the stone of own deceased 14 year old son. This brings us some sort of peace and closeness to him. It is one of the only ways we have left to honor his memory. There is nothing creepy about it.
ReplyDeleteI too enjoyed this film.
I didn't feel that the cleaning was creepy if it was of someone who is deceased. I too clean off my mother's grave. I thought it was creepy that these women would buy their own plots and take care of them and clean them until their death. That to me was very creepy!
ReplyDeleteSorry if I misunderstood the meaning of your comment. I didn't mean to offend you. We just sometimes miss him so much and visit that place often. thanks for explaining, I really appreciate it.
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