It was interesting to see the way the Mayans live. It really gives a foreign perspective about the rural peasants life. It is actually unbelievable to think that in the 21st century anyone would be living like the people in this movie. The overall lifestyle was surprising to me. The old fashioned way that the marriage was arranged in this movie surprised me. The way that that formed a bond between the two families was interesting. Also, the gender roles was very old fashioned. The entire lifestyle just seemed to be like a thousand years behind. The mother and daughter were very close to each other. They did everything together. They would even bathe together. The whole lifestyle just seemed dreadful. Day in and day out they did the same thing. The movie never showed anything they did for fun. It just seemed like a very primitive lifestyle, which I didn't think existed anymore. If the film had said it had taken place in the 1800s, I would've believed it.