Columbian film about Karen who leaves her loveless marriage to Mario after 10 years and, starting at the bottom, has to make her way in the world. Her tears are those of women and are also part of the theater she must create to gain enough money to survive. She meets some good men along the way along with Patricia, a ‘wild and crazy’ young hairdresser who’s living for the moment in Bogota. I liked this 2011 film but it felt a bit like a more realistic version of American feminist film from 35 years ago. Still, I enjoyed the movie and especially the acting by Angela Carrizosa as Karen She’s a pleasure to watch work. Bronwen was thrilled to visit Bogota once again. She told me that some of the subtitles are less than precise but that the theft and begging in the movie is spot on. Not an ‘exceptional’ film but worth a watch. What was exceptional was the 8-minute short that accompanied the DVD. This Australian piece examined the work of a Bulgarian/Australian immigrant janitor. Very articulate, smart woman, a former translator in Bulgaria, now a janitor. A very cool short