You have to be open minded to understand this movie, this is not like any other movie since it touches the deep differences among the people of Mexico, especially Mexico City, you can even say that this movie shows the discrete racism that permeates in Mexico's society, the girl is trying to fight that stereotype that maids have to endure when they go to work in housolds of mestizos or white Mexican population, the end it's excellent, it leaves you thinking. Remember, no one is happy when one is discriminated.
Plot summary
Guie'dani, a Zapotec indigenous girl and her mother take up work with an upper middle class family in Mexico City. The girl does not fit and is conflicting. Everything changes when she meets Claudia, a rebellious girl with whom she becomes close friends.
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Great movie, original
A totally pointless film
One has to wonder why films like this are made, and more importantly, why streaming sites actually stream them! This film does little to explain the motivation for the lead character's behavior, and requires even less in the way of a script or dialog. It only asks that she be able to stare at objects for extended periods of time without blinking, and walk around with a wooden expression, saying nothing. It is the usual tale of the "haves and have-nots" in Mexico where class and societal differences are large! It could have been so much better if more work had gone into a more thoughtful script and not had the lead actress use her talents as if she were an "extra" on The Walking Dead! No attempt was made to explain the motivation behind her behavior, choices or actions.....and that's a huge fail! It would have made the difference between a thoughtful, meaningful film....and a meaningless, pointless movie!
Masterpiece with imperfections
Oaxaca, that magical place... Zapotec people, out of this world... then someone like Xavi Sala decides to make a story about two different worlds in the same country, far from the land of their own...
Any words to describe this would be insufficient! Multilayered slowly told story, directing which leads you step by step to revelation left unspoken, incredible acting of Sótera Cruz as Guie'dani and Érika López as her mother Lidia - are something I will remember for a long time!
Nothing is perfect, and there are some unrealistic parts of the screenplay which were added for unknown reasons to me - they just watered down the messages this amazing film delivered - so I need to point those imperfections - but on the other hand those could be perceptions our main characters felt regardless on what happened!
Heavy and melodramatic but still longing for deeper meaning - I would suggest that everyone opens their minds and watch this masterpiece from Mexico!