Alauda Ruiz de Azua shows how a woman's life is affected by her newborn while she deals with her absent boyfriend and her mother's illness. Amaia (Laia Costa), finds herself aboslutely overwhelmed when she discovers that being a mother isn't as easy as she thought, and on top of that her child's father Javier (Mikel Bustamante) doesn't feel any preasure at all and leaves her alone. Something we later find out that happened to Amaia's mother as well when she was younger.
Finally, Amaia decides to move to her parents' house in a small town in Euskadi, where we see the usual dynamics of a couple that has no love for each other, Begoña (Susi Sánchez) and Koldo (Ramón Barea) have been married for many years but they can't stand each other.
As Begoña gets more and more ill, Amaia takes her place in the house and slowly becomes her mother, starts to see her father the way her mother does and gets angry at him. This transformation is remarkable and above all, completely realistic.
From all characters Begoña is definetely the most interesting, she's got a strong character, stubborn, sometimes bad-tempered and always subtle. As she said about her husband, «When I first met your father, he was a really quiet boy, and so I thought "How interesting!", but then it turned out that he was't able to say a thing in thirty years»
Neddless to say the excellent job carrying out a film with an actual real baby in it, an important detail that gives credibility and makes the crying and so more believable.
Another detail that is very impressive is Begoña's state trhough her illness: her hair, posture, way of walking, mood, among other aspects, truly shows the reality of a sick person like her that has changed her life from one day to the other, from being an independent woman that made her day-to-day life by herself, to be "someone to take care of".
An important thing that the film tells us is that motherhood takes sacrifice, specially when your husband doesn't care much. We constantly see how Amaia turns down job opportunities because of her situation, reconciliation of work and family life is one of the main topics. When her baby and her mother need her, she is the one to put her job aside to help.
There are a couple scenes I particularly loved, the first one happens in the kitchen when Amaia feels overwhelmed and her mother says "Look at me, I would change myself for you right now without thinking. All those lives that you don't live are always perfect, they are ideal. But at some point, you have to live the life that has been given to you".
And the second one happens at night, when Amaia hears her mother woke up and goes to help her. That hallway, the hug, the crying, picturing your hole life and looking at the very moment you're at, with the person that has cared the most about you.
Simply soulful. I thank Alauda for this wonderful film, and I urge everyone who loves her mother to watch this.
Finally, Amaia decides to move to her parents' house in a small town in Euskadi, where we see the usual dynamics of a couple that has no love for each other, Begoña (Susi Sánchez) and Koldo (Ramón Barea) have been married for many years but they can't stand each other.
As Begoña gets more and more ill, Amaia takes her place in the house and slowly becomes her mother, starts to see her father the way her mother does and gets angry at him. This transformation is remarkable and above all, completely realistic.
From all characters Begoña is definetely the most interesting, she's got a strong character, stubborn, sometimes bad-tempered and always subtle. As she said about her husband, «When I first met your father, he was a really quiet boy, and so I thought "How interesting!", but then it turned out that he was't able to say a thing in thirty years»
Neddless to say the excellent job carrying out a film with an actual real baby in it, an important detail that gives credibility and makes the crying and so more believable.
Another detail that is very impressive is Begoña's state trhough her illness: her hair, posture, way of walking, mood, among other aspects, truly shows the reality of a sick person like her that has changed her life from one day to the other, from being an independent woman that made her day-to-day life by herself, to be "someone to take care of".
An important thing that the film tells us is that motherhood takes sacrifice, specially when your husband doesn't care much. We constantly see how Amaia turns down job opportunities because of her situation, reconciliation of work and family life is one of the main topics. When her baby and her mother need her, she is the one to put her job aside to help.
There are a couple scenes I particularly loved, the first one happens in the kitchen when Amaia feels overwhelmed and her mother says "Look at me, I would change myself for you right now without thinking. All those lives that you don't live are always perfect, they are ideal. But at some point, you have to live the life that has been given to you".
And the second one happens at night, when Amaia hears her mother woke up and goes to help her. That hallway, the hug, the crying, picturing your hole life and looking at the very moment you're at, with the person that has cared the most about you.
Simply soulful. I thank Alauda for this wonderful film, and I urge everyone who loves her mother to watch this.