El Viaje de Carol

Carol fights against the conventionalisms first and foremost I noticed was because she wears pants, you notice that none of the other women in town were wearing them. Also I feel she was different because she stood up for herself, when Tomi was picking on her she went after him and proved to him she wasn't going to take his crap. I feel that was because of her being raised in America, here women I feel don't put up with as much as Spanish speaking women do, it's not tolerated here. Here is America if a women it outspoken or independent it's normal that is how girls are raised anymore, in Spanish speaking countries for a woman to speak up for herself is taboo and the culture doesn't put up with it.

Miranda Miller

Volver

I feel that this film is a tribute to women because in the movie it shows a mother who's child was attacked by her step father, in turn the mother doesn't put up with it and deals with the situation head; that being that her daughter had stabbed the step father/husband and killed him and he is found laying dead on their kitchen floor,  even though it was totally illegal she had to do what needed to be done period. Unfortunately children being molested happens everyday by close family members and unfortunately a lot of the times the situation it not talked about or dealt with, in this movie the mother cleans the mess up and moves on with life.


One superstitious belief that came up was with the villagers and the wind, it seems to make people mad, in fact no it was just natural diseases making people "mad". Also another superstitious belief that came up was when the aunt died and everyone in the village starting seeing Raumaida's mother around, when in truth she wasn't dead she had been in hiding for years taking care of the sick aunt.


Miranda Miller

Entre Nos

When Mariana's husband leaves the family is completely devastated her life and the children's life, but that's not to say she wasn't strong enough to get through it. Mariana did what any good mother would do and that was anything for her children, she was determined, creative, and she didn't take no for an answer.

In today's world I feel this happens a lot to mother's in the United States, I don't think it is as bad as what Mariana had to go through but this situations happens. I think Mariana's situation was a lot tougher because she was from a different country, had no formal education, job experience, and really wasn't great at speaking the language, but none of that stopped her. I think it takes a mothers strength to survive, she never gave up especially not on her kids.

The Official Story

Watching the movie I feel that Alicia was never able to get passed the fact that her child was the offspring of the murdered couple, it's obvious because she doesn't let the subject go with her husband. It started when she saw him off at the airport and when he got home from work the one day and the child's possible biological grandmother was sitting there. The most graphic display of her not being able to let go was when Alicia's husband beat her and smashed her fingers in between the door frame. The stress started to take it's toll on both Alicia and her husband and you saw their relationship fall apart completely but the end of the film. It never appeared to me that she was ever going to find peace with the subject manner, I felt it wasn't built into her personality.

Miranda Miller