Maria Full Of Grace Analysis

The films ‘STRAWBERRY AND CHOCOLATE’, MARIA FULL OF GRACE’, and THE YEAR MY PARENTS WENT ON VACATION’ shows the audience, political view, family affection and more. The films were featured in countries such as, Cuba, Colombia and Brazil. This is beneficial because it gave the audience who has little to no knowledge about these countries an understanding of their social or political views. In ‘Strawberry and Chocolate’, one can see that Cuba is not accepting of the gay population and in such has created policies that oppress not only gays but the remaining population. In ‘Maria Full Of Grace’ it shows how Colombia labor and employment rate is small, and how some have chose an unsafe way to make money dealing drugs. In ‘The Year My Parents Went on Vacation,’ audience saw how politics can separate and create new family and friendships. Even though the each country was experiencing different oppressive acts, we also saw where friendship and families are formed or gained through interactions while coping with society struggles.

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In the film viewers could see that even though Marie was upset that she had to give away her pay to care for her family, she still gave the money to help support them. I believe that the director made most of his scenes relatable, and did a splendid job with building up the frustration of Maria that eventually led her to quitting her job. For example; when Maria announced to her mother and sister that she quit her job, questioned her reasons for do so, and little attention to her reasons as to why she quit. At this point in the film, i also questioned why would she quit knowing most of the family did depend on her financially. I would believe that Maria would want to feel secure knowing that she have a job, than not knowing where the next pay check would be coming from, especially if you have reasons to believe you are about to become a