“Poverty + Acceptance + Equality =
Together Family”
In the Philippine movie setting like we had
in squatter places in Manila, the movie “Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros”
representing Poverty, conflict of man to man, talking about love and struggle
to fight for the situation of the family. One of the film's most interesting aspects for a lot of
viewers is the seemingly surprising possibility that homosexual can exist
relatively peacefully in the towns. It is most refreshing to see loving, tender
feelings binding a marginal family together, rather than the usual scenario we
have seen in the other movies who has a gay member of the family.
As the movie goes it was
presented obviously that the family of Maxi was in the midst of poverty.
However, their relationship within the family members were very intact because
of him who served as the mother in the family. Maxi’s responsibility in the
house simply in cooking, preparing the table the time they eat and other stuff
which was given to him by his father. What was much highlighted in the movie I
think was the love of the family, acceptance and most of all equality to the
status of their youngest sibling, Maxi. Maxi was the weakness weapon of the
family; best example was the time they’re going to revenged of what had
happened to their father and then Maxi was kept in resisting his two brothers
not to do that while saying “kuya huwag po, mamamatay din kayo, paano na ako”,
that line was very interesting because Boy and Bog’s wasn’t able to get
revenged to Victor and to the rest of the police officials since they felt pity
to their youngest brother.
Dialectic principle was used in the movie very nice. Like the real
situation if we took about the characters, the antagonist of the story was the
family of Maxi, his father and his two brothers. In the movie Paco had many
cases of shoplifting and other illegal doings that leads him to become cruel. His
son Boy killed someone due to their bad work; that situation calls my attention
that the family of Maxi was the antagonist of the story. Paco, is a thief and
has been doing this job beforehand. . In the other side Victor, the police
officer was the protagonist in the movie. He was very responsible to his job
and an authoritative guy who was also assigned in some cases where father and
brothers of Maxi involved. However, dialectic principle was presented in the
movie very clear but I think they’re not the antagonist at the same time
because they are only in that situation fighting to survive every day because
of poverty. If they had any choice and a job that can support them all
thought-out they’d never I think in that kind of occupation.
Another thing the Diegesis
in the movie was also presented. The scene that the chief of the station where
Victor assigned was not even shown why he was transferred to another place.
Next happened in the situation was the new chief assigned in the station where
Victor was also consigned. The new chief knew Paco since they encountered each
other the time he was assigned in the precinct where Paco live. Victor joined
him in the operations he had until in the night of confrontation the new chief
gunshot Paco.
After all, the movie ended that Bogs and Boy take good care of their
youngest brother, Maxi. They served as the father and mother of Maxi. The
ending of the movie was hanging because we can’t tell that his two brothers
ended up with their illegal doings and start a new chapter of their life
without their father but with Maxi Oliveros.
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