Bella Bella
Okay. So I told you a little bit about Bella in my daily blog, but here’s more.
I loved Bella. Absolutely loved it!! It was all about overcoming judgement, showing that just the way something seems is not always true. “Our hope is that people leave the theatre wanting to love more and judge less,” says producer/actor Eduardo Verastegui.
Bella takes place in New York when an ex-soccer star and a distraught waitress cross paths and end up spending a day together as they discover more about themselves and each other. He does not try to give her advice, instead just supports her, revealing his own dark past a long the way. You realized how everyone has their faults, but still they can still be good people, and should still have the chance. This film is so pure, so true that it makes you feel the most basic emotions in the most complex ways.
You found out that your first impressions could be very different or very much the same as what was true. And therefore, you learned to wait until you knew the character to judge them. They also showed the Hispanic characters as being normal human beings with very rich (not as in money), loving families instead of the normal stereotype. That is another one of the goals of this film company, Metanoia Films: to change the stereotype towards Hispanic people.
When talking to Verastegui, he said, “If you make movies, you make movies that you want your grandchildren to see and be proud of… It should be completely pure.”
Veratstegui himself was a very famous singer in the Mexican Pop sensation Kairo, and a lead actor in many Mexican Soap Operas. After 12 years he realized that he wasn’t happy and he was acting the stereotype of Mexicans. So that was when he decided to change that vision and use his skills to touch people to their hearts.
I strongly recommend Bella to everyone because it of its beautiful simplicity set in the complexity of everyday life. I would definitely give this film five stars!!
Monday, January 29, 2007
