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Mariquina: Being in women’s shoes

17 Thursday Mar 2016

Posted by cinetactic in Movie Reviews

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Barbie Forteza, Bing Pimentel, Che Ramos, cinemalaya, drama, feminism, Jerrold Tarog, Marikina, Mariquina, Milo Sogueco, Mylene Dizon, philippines, Ricky Davao, shoes, women

The society defines women as mothers. Surely, nothing is wrong with choosing to raise your children, setting aside your own career, and staying inside the house to do the “dirty” works. But, when you choose otherwise, you are seen as useless, incompetent, and un-womanly. This 2014 film talks on how being a wife and a mother are more often than not prescribed roles. It is a story on how a woman courageously left the situation she thinks she does not deserve. Her tale is told on a backdrop of the dying shoe industry of Marikina.

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