Movie Salad

----- Writing by Federico M. Bones “The Help” is a 2011 film about the relationship between the glittering, glamorous upper class women of the 60s America (Mississippi, to be more precise) and the oppressed black maids, which gives us a peek into the bigger relationship between the so-called WASPs and the black race in general at the time. It’s based on a homonym book by Kathryn Stockett, and it is a great experience for cinema lovers. Let’s see what’s good about it. The story The story is really simple, yet absolutely deep and moving. In the early 60s, an age when black people were yet struggling to be recognised as full operating citizens in the USA, women could only aspire to work as maids in the houses of white women who were living the American dream and whose only ambition was keeping up with the Joneses. In the midst of this superfluous class, which neglects the maids to a life of disrespect, emerges a voice that will try hard to echo the voices of the “nigras” and ma...

How I came across the film, or how the film persistently came to meet me My dearest friend had invited me to watch a film to the cinema. From the not-so-interesting range of films, we had chosen to watch “The best exotic Marigold hotel,” partly because of its cast, partly because there was nothing more interesting. All was set on Wednesday evening, the next Saturday we would meet at the cinema. The day before the meeting, we realised the film wasn’t broadcasting anymore. I thought “Well, I wasn’t very interested anyway...” But then, some days later I saw one of my former (and favourite) teachers recommended the film on her Facebook wall. I thought “this film is waiting for me, I have to watch it.” Therefore, I did what one shouldn’t do: I downloaded the film illegally. Sorry, but I couldn’t get it anywhere else and I’m probably going to buy it to make up for this mistake. The story The story begins in contemporary England, where a group of retirees - Evelyn, Graham, Douglas an...