Chris Pappas
Entre Nos
Admittedly this was a hard movie for me to watch. Mariana brings her two kids to the US, to reunite with her husband, only to find that he leaves after only two weeks. Wow, what a piece of work this guy was! He leaves them with literally nothing to help them survive. Mariana, though the movie doesn’t say that she is illegal, kind of implies that fact. She has to do what she can to provide for her kids. The kids pretty much stayed upbeat, Mariana’s spirit breaks, though she doesn’t show her kids that fear. That says a lot about her character and strength to press on in the face of an unknown future. The scene where they climb the stairs for a safer place to sleep, was very hard to watch. That was a coming of age scene for Gaby. He leaves before his mother and sister awake, going to work, to help provide for his family. To get over yourself, to pick up everything you’ve known and let it go, accepting that you have to be the provider, was a powerful point to me.
At the end, when Gaby had to tell his new classmates a little about his summer, you could see the maturation and experience in his voice. While the other kids did their normal summer routine, he had to help his mother and sister stay alive. I couldn’t imagine having to sleep outside in New York City, for anything. I’m not a parent, but this makes you see the lengths a parent must go to keep their kids alive. Sacrificing themselves and their wellbeing, to provide for their children is the epitome of being a parent.
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