Mark and I went to Iran, Mexico, India, and Egypt this weekend. We have traveled and saw different cultures in just two days. And this is the magic that foreign films actually showcase!!! The public library indeed has been a great source of entertainment for us, not to mention cheap. We don't really have to pay for movie rentals like we used to anymore and we have lots of choices from movie classics to contemporary, etc. Other than books, I always look forward to loaning a bunch of movies on weekends. Geeky huh, but fun!
Santitos
Santitos as in Little Saints presents how pure faith and sheer determination leads you to craziness and finding true love. A story about Esperanza, a widow, who lost her one and only daughter to an unknown viral infection from a tonsillectomy. But with St. Jude's apparition at her kitchen oven saying her daughter isn't dead, she believed her daughter was kidnapped and sold to sex slavery. She went all the way to Tijuana, Mexico and even to Los Angeles to find her...becoming a prostitute herself! And in one of her escapades, she met a man. Oh well, that's it. It portrays the sad truth about sex slavery and how unconditional a mother's love is for her children. The movie in its entirety is hilarious!
Leila
Leila is a young Iranian wife to a loving and devoted Reza. Unfortunately their happy marriage isn't blessed with children because of Leila's condition. Reza's mother desperately forces Leila to allow her son to take another wife in order to continue her family's legacy. It is a very sad film about love, marriage, in laws, and tradition. If you hate your mother in law, this isn't a movie to watch! You'll probably hate her even more.
Fire
This one is about lesbianism in India. A tale of two sisters-in-law who found love and independence amidst being trapped in a joint family and married to undevoted husbands. It portrays sexual liberation among Indian women, who are forced to a loveless marriage where they are treated moreso like pets in their own household. The movie is in English and I find the accent annoying, go figure! (I think I still need subtitles in order to understand what they're really talking about)
Cleopatra
Ah the classical Liz Taylor!!! It's fun learning bits and pieces of the world's history with Hollywood glamour. A long movie, runs about four long hours. We have yet to watch the second disc because ahem it is already two in the morning, Monday at that! But despite being an old film, its set and effects still transports you to that day and age. And God! I loved the gowns and make-up =)
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