As the daughter of a famous singer, her mother's achievements are unattainable. No matter how well Rebecca does, she will always have a little bit of lack of self-confidence deep in her heart. Always: "Admit me, praise me, love me!"
Isn't that talking about me? Us poor little children.
The most moving scene in the film made me sad: the first night when my daughter was put into prison, it was the premiere of her mother's concert. The mother on stage endured her heartbreak and dedicated the first song with restrained sadness. Her daughter, the incredible Spanish song played, (Piensa en mi by Luz Casal), the inmate's radio broadcast the concert live, and the daughter covered her ears in the prison bed, writhing in pain, begging the inmate to put the The radio is off.
But Almodóvar is not talking about confrontation. In all three films about mothers, there is a strong warmth. Behind the plots full of murder, crime, and transgender people is a strong warmth, just like the closing sentence of "Return": Mom, I need you.
At the end of the film, the mother printed her own fingerprints on the gun before she died, bearing the blame for her daughter. When she confessed to the priest, she said: "Even if I lied, so what? I am her mother, and I shall be responsible for her. When the mother died, the window of the basement facing the street spilled a gentle sunset into the room, the daughter threw herself on her mother, mourning for a long time, the camera slowly and solemnly faded into black, like a painting depicting a tragic scene, The film ends in such warm sadness.
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