The Eternal Femenine

Movie, Recommended by Dominique

In The Eternal Feminine (Los adioses, dir. Natalia Beristáin), Mexican director Natalia Beristáin portrays the life of Rosario Castellanos, the renowned Mexican poet and diplomat. Interlacing Castellanos's youth and her days as a student in Mexico and Guatemala with the tensions in her marriage later in life, Beristáin presents a complex portrait of a profoundly feminist figure, whose writing and thinking was years beyond her time. This is a sweet and short historical fiction, perfect for a rainy day. 

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