Sunday, September 20, 2009

Under the Same Moon

La Misma Luna
(Under the Same Moon)


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This story is based in the separation of a young mother Rosario, (Kate Del Castillo) Carlitos, (Adrian Alonso) and Enrique (Eugenio Derbez). Director Patricia Rigger, and writer by Ligian Villalovos, rated PG- 13.
This story is an emotional drama than a political one. In this story, the economical issues have a big impact that includes in the separation of Rosario and her son Carlitos.
The movie starts with a phone call of Rosario to her son Carlitos. She calls him through a pay phone. This is the same pay phone in which the movie milks sentiments from their separation, but at the same time, it is their reunion. One Sunday morning, Rosario calls at her normal time that every Sunday and said,” Happy Birthday Carlitos how are you?” Carlitos says,” Mommy I am ready to go to Los Angeles.”
Carlitos lived with his grandmother in Mexico because his mom lived and worked as an illegal in Los Angeles. His grandmother was very sick, she took care of him until one day when he awoke and his grandmother was still sleeping and she never woke up because she passed way. That same day Carlitos decided to cross the border to Los Angeles and look for his mom Rosario.
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On Carlitos’s way to Los Angeles on his own, he was exposed with child traffickers, drug addicts, and the border patrol. On his way to Los Angeles, he would always remember his mom because his purpose was to find her and live with her. The strongest and major characters in the movie La Misma Luna (Under the Same Moon) are Carlitos and Rosario.
The actors in this story give life to the persona and are easily believed because when I saw the movie my emotions came easily and I felt very sad. The movie starts with the soft music of violins and piano. In the sentimental scenes this gives a melancholic moment to the drama. The funniest part of the movie is when Carlitos and Enrique were washing the dishes in the restaurant and both start singing a song of Laura Leon, “Yo No Soy Abusadora.” The lights play an important role in this movie, especially the brightness of the moon at night when both Carlitos and his mom look at the moon. The camera is focusing on the left angle of the projection of the moon of that form the moon results.
The movie took place in two different locations. One took place in the border of Mexico, and the other place is in Los Angeles. The first scenes of the movie took place mainly in Mexico and in the course of the movie changed and took place in Los Angeles.
La Misma Luna Pictures, Images and Photos
In this story Enrique played an important role. For example, when Carlitos started his journey towards Los Angeles, he was only nine years-old. By casualties of life Carlitos and Enrique, cross each other in his way. Carlitos was traveling to find his mom and Enrique was trying to find a better life in the U. S. Carlitos tries to be friends with Enrique, but he refuses until Carlitos is exposed to addicted people on his way. After that they both went along with the journey. While Carlitos was in his journey toward Los Angeles, his mom Rosario was thinking of going back to Mexico. One morning when Carlitos was sleeping on the bench of a park in Los Angeles, Enrique sees that police men are taking Carlitos into a cop car and so Enrique makes a big scandalous scene to distract the police men so Carlitos could go run from the police and find his mom. He found his mom at the same pay phone where she calls him every Sunday.
This story is good for the whole family to see and gives a lesson of love between mother and son. With this movie we can also learn the difficulty of the separation of families and how dangerous it can be to cross the border between Mexico and the United States.

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