Reflection Of Aqui Entre Nos

Reflection to Current Culture Paper For my culture paper I decided to write about a film, the film is called “Aqui Entre Nos” (Between Us). Throughout the paper I will discuss how the concepts of family and communication are portrayed in the film. “Aqui Entre Nos” is Mexican comedy yet it also a movie that makes you reflect on life. In the film we are introduced to the Guerra family. The head provider of the family and father of three Rodolfo Guerra, his stay at home wife Miriam Guerra and their three daughter Sofia the oldest , Victoria the middle child and Ana Paula the youngest one. It all start when Rodolfo decided to not go to work one after being fed up with feeling unappreciated by his family. In addition he always has Miriam is his

One night Rodolfo overhears Sofia from the attic telling her mother that she is engaged; he is not happy about it but eventually comes to terms and accepts for Sofia to get married. Meanwhile he also tries to connect with his smaller daughter Ana Paula since he has come to realize that his relationship with his older daughter is non-existing. Eventually the family finds out that he has been staying in the attic and Miriam allows for him to move back into the guest room. They agree that he will live there until Sofia’s wedding day. During this time he begins to work on the leaks of the house and restores the house for Sofia’s wedding, meanwhile both Miriam and Rodolfo seem to miss each other and find connections again yet they don’t admit it to each other as well they both stop seeing their lovers. The day of the wedding comes and Rodolfo keeps his word and moves out to his own apartment. The divorce also goes through although it seemed they both new they were making the wrong decision. In the end Rodolfo gains the courage to take serenade to Miriam and they get together again. Sofia ends up getting the blessing from her parents to get married, Victoria gets a scholarship to go study journalism abroad and Ana Paula has gained more attention from both her parents. Rodolfo finds the perfect job that pays well and Miriam comes to feel like more than just a house wife, also they do end up

The book defines communication as a message one person sends and another receives. (Intimate Relationships, Marriages & Families, 2011) I refer communication with the film because there were a lot of instances where issues could have been resolved if the family was able to communicate better. There were moments where the characters could have felt that they were communicating, but they might not have been doing so effectively. Some good examples were Miriam complaining about things not getting done around the house or complaining about Rodolfo wage not being enough. Rodolfo heard her complains but did not care to take action because of the way that Miriam was communicating her wants or needs. With this scenario Miriam got Rodolfo into combative listening. He didn’t care to take action into her complains as he felt she didn’t work and the little money extra they had she would spend it going out with her friends. In return this would make the situation worse because Miriam would feel as if her feelings were being ignored when the communication was not being addressed right. Towards the end of the movie when they both want the relationship to work they listen and communicate more effectively about their wants and needs. With the ability to work on their listening and communication skills as well as having more empathy for each other Miriam and Rodolfo were able to give their relationship