This is the story of Ana, a first generation Mexican-American teenager on the verge of becoming a woman. She lives in the East of LA and has recently graduated from high school. Her teacher encourages her to ask for a scholarship in one of the best universities in the country because she is an outstanding student. She knows her parents wouldn´t aprove it and she is torn between the traditional world she has been born into and her own wish to receive further education. Finally, she receives a full scholarship to Columbia University. However, her very traditional, conservative parents, especially her mother, feel that it is now the time for Ana to help provide for the family, not the time for college. Her mother´s aspiration to get her married annoy her.
Torn between her own ambitions and her cultural heritage she agrees to work with her mother at her sister's downtown sewing factory during the summer. There, she learns to admire the hardworking team of women who teach her solidarity and teamwork. At the same she teaches them to accept the way they look like. Meanwhile, she finds her first love, who deeply loves her exactly the way she is. Still at odds with what her mother expects of her, Ana realizes that leaving home to continue her education is essential for her to find her place proudly in the world as an intelligent and self-confident woman.
I saw that film some years ago, I liked it. There is another lovely movie with a similar subject called "Buddha collapsed out of shame", do you know it?
ResponderEliminarNo, but I will try to find it. Thank you!
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"Real women have curves" is about a Mexican family living in Los Angeles. Ana is the main character and the daughter of this family. She has already finished the secondary school and she’s really smart but her parents don’t want her to go to college. For this reason, her teacher tries to convince them and encourage Ana. Her mother disagrees due to the fact she started to work when she was thirteen and thinks it’d be unfair and in college they aren’t going to teach her how to be a wife and a mother.
ResponderEliminarDuring the summer and while Ana is writing an essay to submit it for one of the best colleges in the country, she starts working at her sister’s dresses factory. At the beginning, she doesn’t like being there and thinks they’re cheap workers because they work really hard to only earn some dollars. Though, in the end, she likes it and tells her women partners they should be proud of who they’re and men should accept their curves and love them for their thoughts. Meanwhile, Ana falls in love with a boy who was in her class at school.
Finally, the college accepts her. Her mother refuses this idea but her father agrees her to go due to the fact he thinks is better for her daughter being studying, although it’s so far away, than stay in Los Angeles working in her sister’s factory.
I liked the movie very much because it deals with many common topics like family, education, jobs, immigration, adolescence, love, appearance, frustration, etc. in an original way.
ResponderEliminarIn my opinion, the most shocking thing in the story is the character represented by Ana’s mother, who wanted a future for her daughter far from the academic education. Besides, she was always mortifying her about her weight. Ana’s mum represents a sexist and conservative woman who wants to impose her traditional values without considering the feelings of other people, in this case, of her own daughter.
On the other hand, I admire the main character, Ana, because she accepts herself just like she really is and fights against the traditional values even though she can lose the love of her mother. In addition, she encourages other people to accept their physical appearance, which is very admirable in our society.
Finally, I would like to highlight the relationship between Ana and her grandfather who gives her the opportunity of meeting her classmate and discovering her first love.
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The film “Real women have curves is set in a Latin-American community in Los Angeles.
ResponderEliminarIn my opinion, it has a really low budget in spite of the fact that the plot shows us a great variety of topics.
To begin with, perhaps the most important one is how Ana, a first generation Mexican-American teenager is making the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
On top of that, she wants to follow her own way, working really hard in high school, trying to achieve a scholarship in order to attend a prestigious college.
On the contrary, her family, especially her mother, have other plants for her.
From my point of view, the film shows us other current subjects in the modern world like female role and immigration.
Initially, Ana’s mother’s character performs the model of a traditional woman in different societies who transfers to her daughter sexist values as a wonderful house wife. In addition, the mother admires the stereotype of a perfect woman that soap operas show on TV. She is afraid of getting old, so that she prefers to believe that she’s pregnant instead of realizing she’s menopausal. What’s more, all women in the family are overweight despite her idea of beauty and a perfect body. As a result, she doesn’t accept Ana’s body.
Secondly, we can understand a few aspects of immigration. In fact, they feel like inferior citizens and they are proud of speaking English with Ana’s teacher, in spite of the fact that he’s Mexican as well. Moreover, there are lots of relatives living at home, whereas American families are completely different.
To sum up, Ana has to live through lots experiences in a short period of time; her first boyfriend, working in her sister’s small clothes industry… in order to become a successful adult woman.
Real women have curves
ResponderEliminarThe film “Real women have curves is set in a Latin-American community in Los Angeles.
In my opinion, it has a really low budget in spite of the fact that the plot shows us a great variety of topics.
To begin with, perhaps the most important one is how Ana, a first generation Mexican-American teenager is making the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
On top of that, she wants to follow her own way, working really hard in high school, trying to achieve a scholarship in order to attend a prestigious college.
On the contrary, her family, especially her mother, have other plants for her.
From my point of view, the film shows us other current subjects in the modern world like female role and immigration.
Initially, Ana’s mother’s character performs the model of a traditional woman in different societies who transfers to her daughter sexist values as a wonderful house wife. In addition, the mother admires the stereotype of a perfect woman that soap operas show on TV. She is afraid of getting old, so that she prefers to believe that she’s pregnant instead of realizing she’s menopausal. What’s more, all women in the family are overweight despite her idea of beauty and a perfect body. As a result, she doesn’t accept Ana’s body.
Secondly, we can understand a few aspects of immigration. In fact, they feel like inferior citizens and they are proud of speaking English with Ana’s teacher, in spite of the fact that he’s Mexican as well. Moreover, there are lots of relatives living at home, whereas American families are completely different.
To sum up, Ana has to live through lots experiences in a short period of time; her first boyfriend, working in her sister’s small clothes industry… in order to become a successful adult woman.