In America, everything is about what you do and not who you are. If you are a prostitute, somehow your job title answers both.
Yes, these women do walk the streets. They do in fact trade money for sexual favors but that is definitely not who they are.
Caye and Zulema are very different but so much the same as they explore the intricacies of the human condition and just how raw and gritty life can be regardless of race, nationality, familiar status, or any other label that we use to separate ourselves from the rest of the world.
Those two are not the only ones "hooking" in the film but they both struggle with body image, insecurities, fear, discrimination, and regret for all the things and johns they have done.
Zulema is a beautiful outsider, Black in a world that hates Black people. She is also a mother, no matter if she and her child don't share a home. She is also an illegal immigrant which seems to be a bigger problem than her occupation or skin color.
Caye is officially Spanish but dealing with an emotionally blind family and seems she never fully developed her self-esteem. She wants breast implants as some sort-of fix all but everyone knows it won't work. Everyone thinks Zulema is stealing all of the business in that block but Caye wants her as a friend. Her relationship with Zuleyma might be the only real thing around her.
The two help each other. That is what friends are supposed to do. The gossip and clamor of the beauty shop do nothing for the deep-seeded issues that both women struggle with.
I won't officially spoil the ending but watching this flick is well worth the time and the subtitles.
Yes, these women do walk the streets. They do in fact trade money for sexual favors but that is definitely not who they are.
Caye and Zulema are very different but so much the same as they explore the intricacies of the human condition and just how raw and gritty life can be regardless of race, nationality, familiar status, or any other label that we use to separate ourselves from the rest of the world.
Those two are not the only ones "hooking" in the film but they both struggle with body image, insecurities, fear, discrimination, and regret for all the things and johns they have done.
Zulema is a beautiful outsider, Black in a world that hates Black people. She is also a mother, no matter if she and her child don't share a home. She is also an illegal immigrant which seems to be a bigger problem than her occupation or skin color.
Caye is officially Spanish but dealing with an emotionally blind family and seems she never fully developed her self-esteem. She wants breast implants as some sort-of fix all but everyone knows it won't work. Everyone thinks Zulema is stealing all of the business in that block but Caye wants her as a friend. Her relationship with Zuleyma might be the only real thing around her.
The two help each other. That is what friends are supposed to do. The gossip and clamor of the beauty shop do nothing for the deep-seeded issues that both women struggle with.
I won't officially spoil the ending but watching this flick is well worth the time and the subtitles.