"La vendedora de rosas" (the rose seller) is a story inspired by Hans-Christian Andersen's "The little match girl". I cried because of the end but is the harsh reality of a country where children in slums suffer the most. So, if based in Andersen's, the end is predictable, but very good adapted to Colombian reality and not exclusive from this country. Any child in any slum might have the same fate, but also faces that fate with imagination, and that's where the fairy tale gets in.
This movie used natural actors, same as the "Slumdog millionaire", and I think Victor Gaviria used the fairy tale adaptation to make it more universal and more poetic. Once you leave the screen, you feel lucky you can pay a movie ticket, but also you believe you can do something better for your own children, and those children outside the theater begging for a meal.
This movie used natural actors, same as the "Slumdog millionaire", and I think Victor Gaviria used the fairy tale adaptation to make it more universal and more poetic. Once you leave the screen, you feel lucky you can pay a movie ticket, but also you believe you can do something better for your own children, and those children outside the theater begging for a meal.