La Misma Luna Essay

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The film La Misma Luna presents a sad reality of the challenge of illegal immigration compounded with trauma illegal immigrants in U.S undergoes in their attempt to cross into U.S soil. In the film, submits to illegal and dangerous means to cross the border and sadly, live with the constant anxiety of being noticed by authorities. The sad reality in the film is how the local authorities totally disregard these illegal immigrants through arrest using physical force including hitting the suspects with batons. As Rosario gets separated with her son, Carlitos the boy submits to illegal immigration mode through coyotes as the only alternative of looking for his mother. Murphy (17) states that in the wake of modern economic challenges, the film gives an insight of poverty that continues to rampage the lives of immigrants in poverty agreeing to undertake any job in total disregard to the risks involved. Firstly, Rosario sneaks into …show more content…

In the same scene, some women dresses provocatively around the restaurant suggestive of females working in the sex trade. In addition, men characters are seen wearing small boxer shorts an indication of immorality at the restaurants where immigrants find themselves working. The film portrays a woman smoking and men drinking beer as they watch a football match (Murphy 23). It is, therefore, certain that through costume designs immorality is brought to focus. The lighting system across the film is a three-point lighting. With this strategy, the producer of the film helps to unmask the human face at different emotional presentation. For instance, the fear and anxiety in the face of the boy during the police pursuit is definite. In addition, the somber mood that sets into Rosario on the realization that her son was missing is clear. Through this lighting strategy, the producer of the film makes the mood of the entire film overt to the audience (Murphy

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