Adapted from the original novel, the black girl Clarice Jones (Gabriel Gabi Sedibe) lives in a slum, is overweight, is raped by her mother, raped by her father, and lives a hard life . Jones never gave up hope. She went to school to study. A friend helped her face difficulties. Although her father was infected with HIV due to incest, she did not despair and tried to find a direction for her life.
Jones' home environment is well conveyed through the picture, and even the sultry air and sour smell of the house can be felt through the screen. There are not many main characters in the film, but every one of them is outstanding. While facing her mother with a helpless and submissive attitude, the fat girl Jones also fantasizes that she is a star and even has a handsome white boyfriend; her mother treats Jones with oppression and violence at all times. Before the rescue agency staff had a conversation, who would have thought that she also had a hidden secret; Jones' teacher was intellectual, generous, kind, and also gay; it is worth mentioning the rescue agency employee Mrs. Weiss, who played the role of Mrs. Weiss. The actress is Mariah Carey, the queen of the song. Although she doesn't have many roles, she is very good.
The first half of the film feels dull and even depressing, and Jones sees no way out under the oppression of his mother. Until the end of the conversation between the mother and Mrs. Weiss in the rescue agency, all the repression broke out in that conversation, which became the most exciting paragraph in the whole film. As a mother, why did you get this far? You can only return with sighs and sympathy. .
The film presents a small part of the living conditions of black people at the bottom of the society, and it also touches on the topic of homosexuality a little, and does not discuss it in depth, but it can feel a tolerant attitude towards homosexuality.
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