El ViajedeCarol

I really enjoyed this movie I am probably the only one who had seen the movie with subtitles in it. This movie moved me and again shows the lengths that a mother will go to to protect and have her child taken care of. Carol's mother taking her to Spain and dying to make sure her daughter was taken care of. The fact that Carols father was american and mother from Spain shows again the mixuture of 2 great cultures. Carol during the movie forms a great relationship with Tomiche whom she fought with at the beginning. The kind of love the 2 of them showed was great. Two young people who had a lot in common from 2 cultures. Tomi had no father figure in his life and Carol was lacking hers, due to war. After her mother dies Carol strives to keep her fathers letters coming and not letting him know her mother died. After a while the grandfather goes against his promise to keep the secret but over all Carol longs to see her father. Carol tries hard to adapt to her new culture, but things are really hard. She spends alot of time teaching maid to read and write and developes a good relationship with her. Her cousin and her become good friends and feel like sisters. Carol fights the discrimination that happened to her in the writings on the house and fears for her family. I think the relationship between her and Tomi were great and the love showed greatly at the end when Tomi went to find Carol's dad on his own and then was shot and killed. Carol was a strong young lady. This movie was very interesting.

VOLVER?LISA LYNAM

This movie shows alot of what a parent/mother will do for there children. The mother image shows alot of caring and compassion for her children. the fact that Raimundo protected her daughter from her father after he told her that he was not her father and raped her then she killed him. Raimundo is strong in her compassion that Paula not tell anyone she killed her father. The superstitions of the movie in the beginning showed the families cleaning the graves of the parents or loved ones, they buy there stones and care for them until death, and them the living care for it as a sign of respect. In the progression of the movie when Aunt Paula dies, Sole is visitied by what she thinks is her mothers spirit but soon finds out that this whole time her mother is alive and had cared for Aunt Paula til her death. There mother Irene had hidden out wiht Aunt Paula after they thought she was dead because she had set fire too her husband and lover in the hut, but everyone thought is was Irene. He was having an affair with Augustina mother and no one knew but Augustina nd Irene. This superstition again shows how far a mother would go for her children. When Irene then is taken in by Sole and she hids it from Raimundo until she is ready to hear it, Paula finds her grandmother and helps Sole present it to Raimundo. In the finalization of the movie when Augustina is dying and Irene feels she owes her the love and compassion that she had given Aunt Paula all these years, she was not going to let her die alone. This is on aspect that this culture brings is that the family and death is a given and that no one should be alone and it is a part of living. Another part of superstitions in the movie is how all the town thought they were seeing visions of Irene but had no idea she was alive, so all the rumors about town of her became true in the end. Again everything a mother WILL do for her CHILDREN: LOVE...........................................

Guantanamera/Lisa Lynam

This movie was a very interesting seting in Cuba history. We again see avery intellectual women a economics professor married to weak common man. The fact that she gave up her career to move back home to Guantanamera and her husband did alot of traveling to Havena was very interesting. He was trying to make a name for himself in the funeral world. Gina's aunt Georgina came to visit and be honored by her community for the work she had done, finds her lost love of 50 years and they get together and reminisced about there love. When Georgina dies is a very sad part of the movie, and Candido doesn't feel like he can go on without here. Adolfo tells Gina he will escort Georgina body back to Havena in funeral prcessiona nd Gina and Candidio go with him. Many things happen to keep them from being on track andAdolfo thinks someone is sabotague him. The turning part of the movie for Gina is when she meets up with lost student who she fell inlove with years ago but didn't act on. He had written letter of love to her and never saw her again. Also a part where Gina finally felt she could break away fromAdolfo is when he called Aunt Georgina a slut to funeral guide in one of the cities. Once the casket arrived and Candido saw the body and dies because it is not Georgina. The final resting place of the funeral Adolfo is giving speech of bothof them and storm starts he is left there and Gina gives into her love to Mariano and they ride off on the bike........

The Official Story

LISA LYNAM:
This movie by far was very interesting inthe history of Argentina. The women of this era during war were very strong, they seemed to keep the family together. The men after there jobs became involved in war activities, but there families had no idea what was going on. No one can escape the regime of the military, although some are luckier than others. Alicia and Roberto were a very influential, safe, and fortunate family. Alicia was unable to have children and wanted a child badly. Roberto through his wealthy contacts got a baby for Alicia, her name was Gaby. Gaby was loved and cherished as if it was her own biological child.
The most moving part of the movie for me was the part when Alicia's friend Ana came back to town and told Alicia of her story of being exiled and kidnapped. She has no idea what happened to her, except that many people came and went wnd there children were taken away from them. After there talk Alicia believed that Gaby might be one of the missing babies on the news. As a history teacher of high school boys she taught them about different things and one of the students challenged her. Alicia embarks on a journey of hope to find Gaby's parents and through her findings may habve found her grandmother.
The Grandmother's of the Plaza de Mayo is a significant part of history. These women are very strong and looking for there families. The sign of hope and hopelessness that Alicia felt in trying to find Gaby's parents is real to her. This would not change the way she felt about Gaby. Gaby during her birthday party finds realization of a time of her life she was unaware of, by her cousins running around palying with guns. The ending of the movie inwhich Gaby is sitting in rocking chair singing nursey rhyme is parallel to Alicia waiting for he rparents to come home but they were in accident and no one told her til later in life. Gaby promotes the memory for Alicia.
Gaby does shoe idea of hope and hopelessness, but overall she is the sign of hope for Alicia because no matter what she will be loved and cared for equally. There is much contoversary between fact and emotion in htis film. Many of the emotions are based on feelings. There are the hope for the family in life. We all can identify with this as being parents ourselves.
Very moving part of history, with strong realization of hope and hoplessness.