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Amy, la niña de la mochila azul (2004)
Im 21 years old now and I still love this TELENOVELA !!!
Okay, I am flurdemae... the one who gave the very first review for this series. Let me just clarify some things I was f-king 12 years old back then, so please excuse me for giving a shitty ass review lol. When I previewed my review it said "there appear to be spelling mistakes in you review" so I thought I HAD to change the words if not it was not going to let me submit so I was "forced" to put soap opera instead of telenovela... which sounded extremely weird to me, and to make matters worse the website somehow corrected it to Oprah ? Wtf ?? Anyways. Yeah I am 21 years old now and I am still watching Amy but this time on Youtube. And I could care less what people say ! Televisa sucks ass... this is seriously the best thing they produced since...ever ? Lola erase una vez was a fun novela too. But it shows that they put a lot of effort into making Amy though yes, it was not original , since NOTHING from Televisa is anyways... but its so much fun. I look back and I remember good times and my childhood. The mixture of supernatural creatures and real life scenarios is what grabs people's attention, especially coming from a low budget Mexican series. And if people thought I was crazy for watching this at 12, honestly children under the age of 9 would not understand what was going on, nor the life lessons this series tried to convey. They way the characters spoke is so unrealistic anyway, and thats typical in Mexican telenovelas, the language is exaggerated for a bunch of 9 year olds lol. But I would still make my child watch this haha. Its actually very creative and entertaining...
La montagne de Baya (1997)
An "Amazigh"-ing Masterpiece !
This is absolutely one of the most beautiful Amazigh / Berber films I have ever seen. Sure, it is not your typical Hollywood film with car chases and high quality film-making, but it equally as entertaining. Why ? Well, for those of you who are barely learning something about North Africa or maybe curious about their history and customs, this film gives you some idea how the Berbers ( they prefer Amazigh, which means free man, as their ethnic name) endured the French regime in the early and mid 1800's. Those who allied themselves with the French army, became wealthy and gained status among all the other Amazigh tribes; on the other hand, those who resisted the French and fought for their dignity consequently remained unstable and dependent on agricultural for food and a decent lifestyle. The character in this movie, is focused on a woman named Baya who has to endure many hardships and humiliation by her own people due to a mysterious bag of silver jewelery given to her by the father of her husband's murderer. She insists on keeping it for something very important that nobody in her tribe understands nor seems to care. The people of her tribe want to use that "money" in order to feed and shelter themselves, but Baya stubbornly and persistently guards the mysterious bag of silver with her life, claiming it is for her son when he gets older. Is she selfish ? What her is plan or mission ? I will not reveal to much in this review, because one of the captivating things about this film is that the plot is cleverly executed throughout the whole movie. I truly recommend this movie for those who want to take a ride back in time in Algeria and experience the hostile, yet magical journey of Baya and her tribe.