How sad is this?

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Entre nos does several things well; it plays on our emotions and sympathy, introduces us to different cultural dynamics, offers us humor and leads to an ending that leaves us satisfied. We are introduced to Mariana (Paola Mendoza) and her two children Gabriel (Sebastian Villada Lopez), 10, and Andrea (Laura Montana Cortez), 6,who have emigrated from Columbia to be with their father and husband Antonio in New York City.In an underhanded move Antonio tells Mariana that he has to go to Miami to work for awhile and he will return when he is done. That is not the case as Mariana soon learns that he has left her with no intentions of ever coming back or seeing her and the children again. A prickling horror overcomes her as she realizes she has no money, no job, does not speak English, has two children to care for, and is in a foreign country that she has only been in for two weeks with no one to turn to.The most humble moments come when Mariana takes to making empanadas to try to sell on the streets which is a complete failure. They are eventually thrown on the streets and Mariana, Gabi and Andrea have to come to terms with the very basics of survival. They find a surprising source of income: the city's recycling can program and soon take to combing through trash cans to make ends meet. Gabi takes it upon himself to become a man at age 10 by working the streets collecting cans when his mother cannot.It is a film that will leave you thinking about it for awhile after you have viewed it and may change your ideas about the homeless and immigrants. The scene where Mariana is sitting on a park bench in the dark surrounded by her sleeping children will pull at mother's heartstrings and any viewer as you share in the despair of the situation. This movie tells a remarkable tale of a family clawing towards the American dream.It was the ending that really got to me when the epilogue revealed that this was a true story and the actress that plays Mariana is actually the daughter in real life who directed and wrote this film for her mother. In my opinion this was the ultimate way to honor her mother and she did a great job of capturing the pain, secrets, and heartbreaking moments as well as the inspirational hope that you will leave with from this film.You will also get very hungry for empanadas!!!

The film Entre Nos was a very powerful and gripping film about an immigrant family in America. The movie used well planned camera technique to dramatically tell the story of clawing to success in America. The movie inspired a cluster of emotions including sympathy, sadness, pity, and even anger. The emotions of pity and sadness were obvious responses to the family's struggle but some viewers even felt angry and disappointed with America for allowing this family to suffer. These viewers probably believe someone should have stepped in and saved this family from despair. The emotion I felt, however, was pride and appreciation for my country. I believe the creator of this film made this movie not to condemn this country but to show what is possible for people willing to work hard. American history is full of stories of hardship but out of this hardship usually comes achievement. A recent Chrysler commercial proclaimed that, "It's the hottest fires that make the hardest steel" referring to the struggle in Detroit and no words better fit this movie. Marianna faced multiple hardships and it made her work harder and eventually finds success. She did not give up or feel sorry for herself but she did work harder to pull her family out of the depths of suffering. Her family's story is the ultimate symbol of what this country stands for, which is allowing any person to work for their own happiness and success. Entre Nos is a perfect movie for someone wanting a reminder of why people risk it all to come to America.

Entre Nos is the intriguing true story of a newly immigrated family from Columbia, attempting to assimilate into their new home in Queens, New York. Only being in the United States for two weeks, the father of the family leaves the family for Miami to fend for themselves. Mariana and her two children Gabriel and Andrea are left in New York City with no money and little hope. The struggle that unfolds is Entre Nos.Not only was the acting in Entre Nos fantastic, but the directing and production was equally as well done. Every actor in this film was shown to be capable of emitting perfectly personified emotions. When making a film about such a grave subject, there are a lot of ways in which a director can go. In Entre Nos, the director takes us through the emotional roller-coaster that is Mariana's life and portrays the battle that is being a mother. This amazing story of motherhood follows Mariana and her two children around New York City as they struggle to make ends meet as immigrants in a new country.One of the scenes that caught my attention most in Entre Nos was about two thirds of the way through the film, when, like several other times throughout the film, Mariana goes to a pay phone to call her man that has left for Miami. When she gets to the phone, instead of being tolerant like Mariana normally is, she picks the phone up and after dialing several numbers, almost instantly starts slamming the phone as hard as she can into the receiver. The other times that Mariana called him she either left a message asking him to call her, or left a very angry message. It is very significant to the film that this time she does neither of these. Mariana's frustration is depicted in this scene, and seems like this is how just about anyone would react in this situation. This scene in the film is when Mariana seems to realize that there is no way that she would consider seeing her man again, let alone moving to Miami to find him. The reason that I like this scene so much is that I find the emotions that are shown here seem to be so real. I feel that it is very difficult to capture real emotions on film, especially through actors. However, in this scene we see a perfect portrayal of real emotions. Although I have no idea how Mariana must actually feel, she does a nice job of making me think I do in this scene.Anyone who is a parent will love this movie. Entre Nos does a magnificent job of showing the viewer not only how important mother's are to their children, but also how much of a struggle it can be to relocate a family to a new country. Mariana shows us that although money is a part of being a parent, it is clearly not the most important thing when raising children. From this film, we can see that the most important ingredient in parenting is love. We come to understand this as the film comes to a close, and we see that although Gabriel and Andrea grew up in extreme poverty, they went on to become successful and contributing members of society.

The story of one family's journey from Colombia to New York City describes the emotional film entitled Entre Nos. Mariana, a mother, and her two children try and survive a new life in a foreign city but the obstacles they face aren't so easy. With no money and no hope, it seems hard to survive.Entre Nos is applauded for the director's excellent and precise camera work. This film is able to thrive with little to no dialogue and minimal plot because the angles in which this film is shot allows the audience to truly feel the pain and sorrow that the family experiences. From the camera being close up in the faces of the family members to the camera being far away showing a larger picture of the poverty the family is living in, the audience is able to sense and feel the agony and emotional intensity of the family's unfortunate situation. The larger shots show the family's living situations. Many of these scenes contain trash, vacant areas, and even the apartment the family is able to eventually settle in until they can make ends meet. The close up's show the emotion seen within the faces of the family, further reinforcing the challenges the family is faced with everyday whether or not they are going to eat, have a place to sleep, or money to even survive.One of the most powerful scenes within the film is when Mariana's oldest son, Gabi, is standing behind a chain-link fence and looking onto a school and it's playground. The scene is shot at a wide angle and shows Gabi standing behind the fence and then zooms into Gabi's hand and you can see the dirt underneath Gabi's nails. This scene is so powerful because the chain-link fence represents all of the challenges and obstacles the family has faced once they have arrived in New York City. The family feels like they can never get ahead. The dirt shown underneath Gabi's nails shows the poverty that the family is experiencing. The family is living day to day with no place to sleep, no soap and water, no nothing. The fact that Gabi is looking at the school and wishing he could go there some day shows that in actuality that Gabi is still just a kid. He feels the need to protect his family because he is the only boy and tries to collect cans for his family so they can have a little bit of cash, but behind this hard front Gabi puts on, he is just an innocent kid who wants to go to school like the rest of the them. This scene truly depicts what type of emotional and physical hardship that not only Gabi is experiencing, but Mariana and her youngest child also.I recommend this film because it is a great eye opener. Many Americans feel the need to look down upon or negatively towards immigrants. This film shows that immigrants are people too and the unfortunate challenges they experience when moving to somewhere foreign.