Comparing Films 'Mi Familia And A Better Life'

The movies “Mi Familia” and “ A Better Life” both use a image of the border as an obstacle. The border between the United States is not only used and an actual dividing line in the movies but a division between the families. The division between the families is felt between the members who were born in the United States and the members born in Mexico. In the movie “Mi Familia” the son, Jimmy, and his siblings do not remember the struggles that their family had crossing the border. The hardships that their family went through put a border up between the family members. This theme is also found in “A Better Life”, the theme of the metaphorical border presents itself earlier in the movie between Luis and his father, Carlos. Carlos was always tried to remind Luis where he came from, Luis built up a border between himself and his father. The border became very real to Luis when Carlos was deported and sent back to Mexico. …show more content…
“Mi Familia” concentrates on the romance the entire family. Romantic qualities between the husband and wife continue when the same two characters turn into the abuelo and abuelita(grandfather and grandmother). The characters were linked by more than just blood but also with love for each other. The film “a better life” brings romance to the film by having Carlos love his son for his absent wife also. The romance between a father and son (The family) is strengthened by the fact that they only really have each