Entre Nos Themes

The film Entre Nos is filmed in Queens, New York. The city of Queens is considered to one of the most genealogically diverse urban cities in the world. The buildings and structures reflect the diversity of the city. Although entering a city where everything is extremely diverse can be overwhelming. Mariana definitely struggles with many issues in this film, however she manages to overcome the obstacles she is faced with, for her children. Some of the urban issues in this film demonstrated were; the lack of understanding of culture, the dense of urban neighborhood, and how to be successful in an urban environment.
Moving to a new country, city, and town is definitely hard. In the film Entre Nos, Mariana migrated from Colombia to New York for her husband. Although Mariana came from a big city in Colombia called Bogotá she still faced the language barrier. She did not know how to speak English very well, neither did Gabriel. (her son) The culture from Colombia and from the U.S. is completely different many ways. This is one thing Mariana and her two children lacked. They did not know …show more content…
Mariana failed to understand the urbanity when she was abandoned by her husband and was stuck on how to survive in an urban atmosphere. How dense the city of Queens is, gave Mariana a chance to support her family by recycling aluminum cans. This was only possible because urban cities usually have a high rate of pollution. This film correspondingly illustrates how to be successful in an urban city, even being in a bad situation. Mariana was able to find a job and earn enough throughout the summer to send Gabriel to school. Trying to live in a city that seems to hopeless and dirty seem impossible, Entre Nos is a film based on a true story that proves these things should not hold people from being