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Synopsis:
Marina ( Daniela Vega ) and Orlando (Francisco Reyes) are truly in love and are planning their future. Marina is a young restaurant waiter and aspiring female singer. Orlando is 20 years older than her and owns a textile company. On the night celebrating Marina's birthday, Orlando felt sick and was pronounced dead when he arrived at the hospital for emergency treatment. The sudden bad news made Marina suspected by doctors and Orlando's family, making her unable to mourn Orlando as a partner. Marina was also investigated by a female detective whether it was related to Orlando's death. Orlando's ex-wife forbade her from attending the funeral, and Orlando's son threatened Marina to move out of the apartment she shared with Orlando. Marina, a trans woman, is distorted and distorted to the Orlando family. Marina decided to use the strength of her life to fight for her right to say goodbye to her lover, just to match her current self - a complex, powerful, straightforward, and dreamy woman.
Award record:
On February 12, 2017, the 67th Berlin International Film Festival Silver Bear Award - Best Screenplay Award
Golden Bear nominee for Sebastian Lelio
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards on December 14, 2017
December 9, 2017 Black Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film
January 23, 2018 Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards
Human nature.
Born as a human being, whether male or female, love is a human emotion, and it is also a human emotion to say goodbye to the one you love.
Love is not only a human feeling, but also a prelude to the story. The film does not focus much on this part, but the only shots, every frame is full of love, admiration, teasing, romance, intimacy, and attachment. , Enthusiasm, concern, lost soul...
To meet is to meet, to meet is to know each other, to love is to accompany each other. One night skipped three autumns, and one glance was hidden for thousands of years. The relationship between partners has already revealed the accumulation of love, and then what happens is the dilemma faced by "human nature".
Human feelings are very human feelings.
In the eyes of everyone, Marina is not very personable. In the face of the doctor involved and the police, Marina's name and identity were questioned; in the face of her lover's ex-wife and son, Marina's gender and personality were insulted; in the face of the death of her beloved partner, Marina should have the right to say goodbye also deprived.
In the narrow and curious eyes of the world, Marina cannot get the peace she deserves, her love is difficult to continue, her self is difficult to prove, her innocence is difficult to distinguish, and her dignity is difficult to find. It is these so-called normal people's masks that make a true love become a very human love. In their view, this kind of feeling is "perverted", deformed, and indescribable. The ultimate intensification of the conflict in the story lies in the struggle for the so-called "human nature" in the eyes of an ordinary person.
The world is unpredictable.
Time passes, and the lover will eventually leave, but we don't know whether the lover will leave first, or will the heart change first?
Time keeps flowing like a river to the sea, but it fails to clarify people's vulgarity, the resentment that love can't get, but luck has no end, like a kind of obsession, making people look at harmless people with cold eyes and malicious words. Also plausible.
When she saw all this, Marina regained her strength.
Charming and strong soul, heartbreaking farewell.
Goodbye my love, Goodbye my friend.
Ordinary women are not ordinary.
"Ordinary Woman" is indeed ordinary, so ordinary that although the selection of materials is sensitive, it is calm, and although the topic is hot, it is still objective.
"Ordinary Woman" is also not ordinary. What is "uncommon" is that Marina has fought hard for that little "human feeling", which may be difficult for ordinary people to do, and there is no exaggeration, no extremes, and no hysteria. It is about the continuation of life, the defense of rights, the pursuit of dreams, and the realization of self.
Amazing Marina.
After experiencing the death of a lover and the indifference of the world, life goes on.
"What doesn't kill me makes me stronger."
No more patient explanations, no more sensitive rhetorical questions, no more courteous catering, and no longer humble humility. It's time to stand up for rights and fight back for love.
The title of the film is translated into "Ordinary Woman", which seems to have more "very" definitions that are insurmountable for transgender people. From this dimension, the translation into "Amazing Woman" seems to be more firm and more in line with Marina's character positioning. and character growth.
An amazing woman, an amazing Marina.
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