Little Vera

I thought that Little Vera was a very interesting film. I enjoyed it alot. It had a very good story line and I like some of the thematic elements used.

One of the major things that caught my attention in the film was how alcohol was used in the film. It was used very often in the movie. Also, almost all of the characters in the movie drank at some part during the film. It seemed like whenever any of them would drink gin, they would become very angry and violent. Their true emotions would come out. Usually it is the father that becomes more drunk and angry than any of the other characters. He will yell at his family, even calling his daughter a slut or a whore. Then, he even stabs his daughters fiance after he tried to control the dad's drunkeness.

The drinking was one of the ways in which I saw that alot of the film was spent showing the almost absence of care about what they are really doing. The daughter is shown several times out partying, which is how she meets her fiance. They sleep together, unmarried, really early in their relationship. They don't really seem like they are in love, even though they try to pretend like they really are. This also seems to be the case with the parents as well. They don't really show true love between them.

I enjoyed watching the movie alot. I would like to see it again sometime to see if I develop any ideas about the messages that were trying to be conveyed.