Film Analysis: Real Women Have Curves

Women have always faced gender discrimination. They have been always seen as the weakest gender who is not capable to do the same work as men do, and their only propose is to serve men and being at home. This stereotype is even more prominent on the Mexican culture where in most parts of Mexico it is still believe that man should do all the work while women should just maintain the house clean and take care of children. In the film “Real Women Have Curves” directed by Patricia Cardoso we see the struggles of a young woman named Ana who is trying to get more in life than anyone in her family did, but her mother resist to this change telling Ana that the best way to be a better woman is to get marry and do whatever her husband tells her to do like she did. People must fight for what they deserved, even if that meant to disappoint others. Nobody have to stick to a traditional method of living to get the best in life, that in fact …show more content…
The second scene of the movie shows us Ana’s journey to her high school it show us how long it takes her from her house to her school while also showing us the harsh reality of her own world and the people surrounding her, and how despite all of this she would not give up that easily in her search of happiness. One quote from the essay “Learning to be gendered” says, “Desire is a tremendous force in projecting oneself into the future” (Penelope Eckert. Pg. 743). Meaning that even though Ana knows that her journey is tiresome and that she can become like everyone else surrounding her she refuses to give up that easily, she refuses to let go her dream to become someone who can help her family without any complication whatsoever. Ana needs to find her cave full of gold, something she will treasure and love without any regrets later in life just like her grandfather mention to