This moive is very sad, however, it is very powerful! When Mariana's husband suddenly leaves her and her two kids, it is heartbreaking. I also think it is very confusing as to why he left her. In the begining of this film, they seem to be getting along when they are playing cards and eating with friends. The movie also shows Mariana was pregnant, so they were obviously still intimate. After Antonio leaves, the famiy is at great hardship. Mairiana doesn't have a job, and has two kids to support. Neither of them are in school and the end up homeless and hungry. I couldn't imagine living the way they were, no where to sleep, nothing to eat or clean clothes to wear. Mariana tries many different ways to make money for her family buy cooking food to sell (empandas) and collecting cans. It is enough to get them a couple nights in a hot dirty hotel.
During this most difficult time the three of them grow much closer and really learn a lot about one another. Gabi, at such a young age tries to take over as the man in the famiy when Mariana was ill. Him and Mariana take on a special relationship because he is the older child and have more mature conversations when Andrea is asleep. Mariana can share more things with him, it shows how smart and grown up Gabi is.
This is not a typical issue for American mothers. If they were left behind, jobless with children, the US has many programs and government aid to support them until she could get a job. This film really shows the strength and bond between this faimly. As if things couldn't get worse, Mariana turns out pregnat and has an abortion. They couldn't being going through anything worse.
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