Let people be in a foreign country, but feel familiar

Realistic, delicate and warm. The panorama of society is projected into the daily life of an upper-class Brazilian family and their servants. The gap between the rich and the poor, the color gap, the society, culture, and the various shackles and inequalities that people have can only sigh, but there is still a bit of warmth in life. The relationship between the host and the domestic servant vahl is closer than that of mother and child. The hostess understood Vahl from the heart when she quit her job. Finally, the estrangement between Vahl and her daughter was removed, and the two began to support each other and live independently and freely. Regardless of the conflict, the climax and the ending of the whole movie are handled properly. It turns out that the director wrote a script based on his experience of looking for a babysitter when he was giving birth. After about 10 years of precipitation, every detail is light and delicate with a feminine perspective.


Although it took place in the southern hemisphere, a country with such a different history and culture from ours, it can produce understanding and sympathy for everyone in their hearts. Perhaps it is because Brazil is trying to catch up with developed countries just like us, and the process of transformation is full of similar stories. For example, after the college entrance examination, the hostess's family was nervous about the answer, as if it happened in her own life. In the end, the rich second generation who did not have a clear life goal failed to pass the exam and went to study in Australia. In the play, he has been growing up in a family with strict mothers and weak fathers. The only warmth comes from vahl. He is still a virgin at his age in Brazil, so he should be conscious of his tragedy. . . Vahl seems to have always been content with acting as a servant. Only when she communicates with the hostess and her partners, she can naturally express her joy and anger, and she is used to making jokes like her elders. People always need to be equal, because equality is the basis of true communication. This is also the reason why Vahl resolutely embarked on a new chapter in her life after the hostess went abroad. She has no more thoughts about this family in her heart.


Finally, I mentioned Vahl's smart and beautiful daughter. When I came to the host’s house for temporary stay, although I understood her attitude of being equal to everyone, I was worried about her and Vahl, and regretted that she did not consider her from her mother's perspective. But if you are on the scene, a young and energetic girl who has the ability to enter the country's best university, has the ideals of an architect, and acts in her own default way, outsiders will naturally look arrogant. In the end, she and Vahl returned to the life they longed for, real and beautiful.

Watching this movie in Minnesota's bleak early spring, for 2 hours is like being in the hot and humid Sao Paulo, noisy and hot, and the air is filled with the familiar smell of the market.

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