#malacrianza

I'm typing this now cause I.might forget but i'm sort of tipsy right now but in bed but omg Malacrianza was the best omg it was so beautifully filmed. There intergenerational conflicts between Don Cleo and the youth (his sons included but they get really specific) and what does it mean when someone who fought in the war (Don Cleo) and how he faces the trauma of that goes up against the trauma of living in a time of repercussions and where do we go from here? I feel like Don Cleo is really supposed to be El Salvador (please refute me on this) itself because we don't know much of his life before the war, we know that he's poor and lives in poverty but how much of that is common in el Salvador and the fact that he carries a heavy load on top of him (his backpack which is filled with rocks, the bible, pliers, etc.) compounds on the idea that he's the landscape of a country that's recuperating. His sons and another young person are in a manner just as lost and Don Cleo is, one of his sons a drug addict and the other jobless and wanting to be a priest perhaps represent the loss of identity for salvi youth, who feel the pressure of moving forward without much help anyways. The third young person is a bread seller who unfortunately can't make ends meet and the end of film decided to immigrate "north". What options are open to these people when they feel let down and trapped? The cinematography translates this by showcasing the graffiti of the streets which have tributes to monsenior Romero and rebellious slogans on them. What happens when the insitutuons in a country fail you? Where do you find help? Don Cleo finds solace and friendship in the people around him and ultimately they are able to help him find enough money for the ransom of an unknown extortionist. But how much violence exists so close to home that a safe nights sleep is so far away? Idk s9 many questions and the film skipped a bit I think. Omg plus I have to talk about the proliferation of American symbols in the Film (Obama shirt and specific icons of America like captain America and other cartoon characters in the form of pirates etc etc.) I teared cause how much of that national cinema doesn't exist because of so many reasons? Idk I feel emotional about all this but yeah someone look at this and see if it makes sense.