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A Comparison and Contrast Between Flowers from Another World Ad Hi, Ar

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ENGLISH COMPARATIVE ESSAY

ASSINGMENT II

‘A comparison and contrast between "Flowers from another world" and "Hi, are you alone?"'

This essay will attempt to compare and contrast two films directed by Spanish director actress Iciar Bollain. The films to be compared and contrasted are "Hi, are you alone? ("Hola,estas sola?") and "Flowers from another world" ("Flores de otro mundo"). The most apparent reason for comparing and contrasting these two films is that both focus their attention on women's affairs and behaviours in today's Spanish society, both display similarities in their content but most important is the differences that one may find in the portrayal of women the director seems to be interested in.

A) "Hi, are you …show more content…

Both plots have a vast amount of drama in their content making common for the audience to expect emotional and passionate scenes where becomes clear that the director is an expert in obtaining the very best of every actor in her films.

 II) The Characters: Both films have different portrayals of women, there are female characters such as Silke in "Hi,are you alone" and Patricia in "Flowers from another world" who represent women determination and contingency as opposed to Trini and Milady who are much more sex appealed and adventurous thus much more joyful. The former are more complex figures whereas the latter, Trini and Milady are more immature and flirtuous. In both films we get the figure of the mother who at first seem all caring and all loving but turns out to appear as a malicious figure whose ego is greater than her heart.

 III) Politics: Both films suggest a sympathy towards a left wing government or Evolutionary as often called in Spain where the establishment appears to be the cause for the distress and problematic lives the characters have in this two films. One finds this is the case when Patricia shouts out "Maldita burguesia" referring to Spain's hierarchical family structure in "Flowers from another world" and when Trine calls her landlord a fascist because he looks down

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