Mexican Movie Time: Zeriams

I like a good movie. Or a good show. Or a good book. In fact, a compulsory story would like to sink my teeth. I hope that consuming stories from other cultures is a great way to learn about them and practice language!

So because I am very excited about Mexico, I am very much enjoying looking for Mexican movies and shows. In my years as a writer here, I reviewed many pictures: Cue Viva Mexico, DK, DK…I even made a list of some Mexican TV suggestions! According to my author, this is one of the most reading articles since last year.

This gave me an idea. I am looking at all these things anyway – can I write reviews about what I see?

Okay kids, we’re going to find. Everyone reads this and comments about it, my teacher said, “Key, this is a success! We will now pay you to watch Mexican TV and movies and give us your intelligent and humorous explanation. ”(Editors Note: Good luck for that.)

So let’s divide this into sections. We will address what the movie is about and the general curve of the story. Let’s talk about the characters. Let us talk about what the story tells them about the culture of Mexican and Mexican.

Today’s films are one of the most recent favorite, director Anwar Safa and writer Ana Sofia Clarisi 2015. Zaramia. I accidentally discovered it on Netflix one day and wanted it immediately.

What is it

Warning: In front of the spoilers!

Zaramia In Sonora tells the story of the eight -year -old boy, she lives with her young parents, grandmother, teenage uncle and great grandmother. He is premature and adorable, truly trying to go to childhood as much as possible.

His family collects on the sofa to see soap operas, and he sees with them. Church women come home and come home, mutely gives unity to the big grandmother, and he goes with them questions. In his life all the elders say that they are little logical meaningful, and he questions them – “I am smarter than you, and I am going to pierce holes in what you feel mute to you” – but makes it clear that he really wants to understand. Picture “I am surrounded by IDites!” Territory, but it is not. Geramiaz loves his family.

The film begins with the IQs of different family members at different points, usually after they say something dumb. However, Geramiaz is a real genius. As you think, things will not happen to him in his public school. But when he is friendly with two -year -old men who play chess outside the bookstore, things change. One of the men goes to meet his parents and asks if he can test Zeriamus. His mother finally permits, and they will soon find that he has 160 IQ.

This sets Zeramius to the urgent purpose of self -discovery: what does he want to be when he grows up? He writes to the author of a book about child genius in Mexico, and describes his study. He prints pictures of Albert Einstein, Jim Morrison, Bobby Fishher, Mary Curie and Alan Touring, and examines their footsteps one by one.

Finally, the author of the book shows his house. He asks his parents permission to take him to the city of Mexico for a special event and to allow him and them to be included in the documentary about child genius. Geramiaz is happy to go. “I am very happy to be friendly with children like me,” he says.

Archaeologies of Mexican

One thing I wanted about the film is that it provides a variety of characters from all over Mexico. It is not glossy and sexy, but it is not a visual of the poor of the poor. Here are some significant characters:

Parents. Both of his parents are very young. The mother wants to “do something important”, and the father thinks that it is wasting time and work to finish her high school degree. She spends her homework and cooking. The father is less intelligent and works in a store. He is not a deep thinker, and he is glad to hear that things are in the way and takes everything when everything comes. In spite of his lack of intelligence, when he realizes that the “house leader” Geramius’s genius may make some money, he is more proud of his son than he is ashamed by his unity.

Extended family. He and her parents live with her young grandmother, his son-her-teenage uncle and grandmother. Grandma is undoubtedly undoubtedly in her religion, often with her mother, with her mother, she should not question some things. (“Have you noticed that no one has said anything bad about the dead?” She asks Zeriamus. She often drinks tecate beer around the house.

Old friends. The only friends of Jemiahs are two men in their 60s. A Spanish, the other, a Mexican patron, who holds a bookstore, is playing chess with them. Zemiaus first meets them to “hide” behind them, seeking protection from the bully. Spanish is the one who takes him for testing and works as his only true colleagues in the film. They discuss books and philosophy, and he is one of the only people who can ask for honest and thoughtful answers to Geramiaz questions.

Those who are bullying. Jerimiaz’s uncle takes him to hang out with his friends with the hidden intention that forcing him to do all his homework. Friends are bullying who ran from earlier. They feel high in using him, but Geramiaz decides to abandon their company quickly.

Mexico City Meeting. The dominant character here takes him to visit Zeriamiaz and takes him to stay with him and meet the other child genius. All other children belong to rich families with super -related intellectual parents. This is the first expression of Zeriamis to the intellectual, the upper class world of urban Mexico.

Low Mui Mexicano (a few cultural touchstones to notice)

• Family Unit: Living with one’s extended family, especially when there is a lot of resources to go around, is common. Zeriams shares a room with his teenage uncle. “In the case of one person, you can eat two” is a common Mexican proverb.
• School System: Like most of the children in Mexico, Zeramiaz goes to a public school. His teacher is young and does not enjoy the question. Her mother and later Zeramiaz go through “Preba Abiarda” or a distant learning to graduate from her high school degree. There are only some special (private) schools for children who are genius in Mexico, and are only found in major urban areas.
• Community: Geramiaz lives in a medium sized, vague city, where most people seem to know others.

Sarah Devris A writer and translator of Varagruz’s Salaba. Can access her through her website, Sarahvris.Sapstag.com.