El ombligo de Guie'dani
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Title / Título (Original)
El ombligo de Guie'dani
Xquipi' Guie'dani
Title
Guie’dani’s Navel
Director
Release Date / Fecha de estreno
2019
Film Guide / Guía de película
Language / Idioma
Spanish / español
Indigenous / indígena
Country / País
Production Company / Compañía de Producción
Cenone (Mexico)
CDMX Pro Cine (Mexico)
Description / Descripción
Guie’dani, una niña indígena zapoteca, se muda a la Ciudad de México con su madre, donde reciben trabajo como empleadas domésticas para una familia acomodada de clase media. Sin embargo, a ella le cuesta adaptarse y se niega a asumir el rol sumiso que se espera de ella. (Filmelier)
In a star-making performance, Sótera Cruz brings razor-sharp intensity to her portrayal of Guie’dani, a Zapotec girl determined to fight for her dignity. Guie’dani is dragged to Mexico City by her mother to help in her work as a housekeeper for an upper-middle-class family. There, the subtle psychological subjugation inflicted by the white family functions as a metaphor for the oppression of the old world by the new. Yet, Guie’dani rejects the life of servitude and seeks her own identity through a friendship with another rebellious teen. A striking contrast to Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, Guie’dani’s Navel is a unique coming-of-age narrative exploring the racism inflicted on indigenous people in Mexico and the empowerment of a new generation that refuses to accept it silently. (Pragda)
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Citation
“El ombligo de Guie'dani,” Cinegogía, accessed May 8, 2024, https://cinegogia.omeka.net/items/show/672.