Dad and I finally watched this. Eliza had recommended it. I'm not sure Dad liked it all that much, but I thought it was well-done. I liked the music, the scenery, the costumes, the native influence - Guatemala is a beautiful place - if indeed that is where they filmed part of it.
And the characters were well-drawn. It was sad - but then it was talking about a very sad situation - many immigrants do feel that they don't belong anywhere. If they felt like they belonged, they probably wouldn't leave!There was some comic relief in the stereotypes portrayed - sometimes that part failed to deliver - but other times it was just the right touch - especially when Rosa couldn't figure out how to work the washer, so she scrubbed the clothes by hand and laid them out on the lawn of this mini-mansion to dry!!
And the scenes in the sewer as they crawled to "freedom" were wrenching and powerful I felt. It is indeed a good companion piece to La Misma Luna.
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Oops, sorry, didn't realize it was rated R.
It has been several years since I watched it and the details are vague. But I liked it, cheese and all.
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