Volver, is an interesting film in regards to death and women. The film is a tribute to women, because they are portrayed strong and powerful. The women in this film stand up for themselves and their daughters by killing, compared to the other films we have seen. Paula killed her father after he attempts to rape her, and Raimunda disposes of his body to protect her daughter. Irene also protected her daughter by killing her husband and his mistress, because he was raping Raimunda. Irene then went in hiding to protect herself. The ability for these women to deal with the death of their husbands, to protect their daughters is very brave. Raimunda is a very strong character for she delt with sexual abuse her whole life, and raised her daughter with love. Even though her daughter to come to find out is also her sister, because she was raped by her father.
The first superstitious beliefs is the cleaning of the graves and keeping them well kept. It seemed normal in their culture. Also, that in their culture they believe the dead can return and don't think anything of it. Irene pretended to be her own ghost for years, and no one questioned her as she was spotted around town. Sole let her live with her and work at the beauty shop. In the end, Irene was able to repair her relationship with Raimunda and Irene made it up to Agustina by taking care of her.
Tara McFadden
This film was such a tribute to women. What you brought up about the women being able to deal with the death of the men did not mention that the women actually caused the demise of the men.
ReplyDeleteI guess that they must not have CSI in this part of Spain, because if my husband suddenly came up missing, I would think that someone would be investigating it. I do think that it was quite resourceful to put the guy in the deep freeze. But Raimunda did give him a proper burial in his favorite place, by the river.