A Synopsis Of The Movie Romantico
Film Essay 3: Romantico
The film Romantico tells the story of Carmelo Muñiz Sánchez, a musician struggling to provide for his family while living in San Francisco, California & Salvatierra, Mexico. Although Carmelo’s job as a musician pays considerably higher rates in the United States than it does it Mexico, with his family living in Salvatierra he has to return home to his wife, two daughters and elderly mother. Carmelo faces considerable challenges throughout his time spent in America and while at home in Mexico, some of which are specific to the region he is in and others are generalized throughout his life, such as the lack of money. In Mexico and throughout the Mexican culture music is used daily for the purposes of storytelling and entertainment. Throughout the movie, there are strong parallels to the songs being played and sung to the events that Carmelo is experiencing. Because music and musical performance is Carmelo’s full time job, it has become an overarching aspect of his life that allows him to express his emotions, thoughts, and daily events he is experiencing.
The story begins with Carmelo, a near sixty year old musician living in San Francisco working as a mariachi performer with his partner Arturo. Carmelo has a wife and two daughters named Juanita and Lupe living in Salvatierra, Mexico whom he calls often. Additionally Carmelo has a mother living in a healthcare facility in Mexico who had amputations due to her diabetes, a disease that Carmelo has as well. Carmelo discusses how he came to America illegally, and the process that the coyotes use to travel people across the border. He soon decides that he needs to go back to Mexico to be with his family and be with his sick mother. While he is in Mexico he continues to work as a musician, but the pay is drastically lower than it was when he was in San Francisco. Carmelo must work additional jobs to obtain the same amount of money he was making in the United States, especially with his friend
The film Romantico tells the story of Carmelo Muñiz Sánchez, a musician struggling to provide for his family while living in San Francisco, California & Salvatierra, Mexico. Although Carmelo’s job as a musician pays considerably higher rates in the United States than it does it Mexico, with his family living in Salvatierra he has to return home to his wife, two daughters and elderly mother. Carmelo faces considerable challenges throughout his time spent in America and while at home in Mexico, some of which are specific to the region he is in and others are generalized throughout his life, such as the lack of money. In Mexico and throughout the Mexican culture music is used daily for the purposes of storytelling and entertainment. Throughout the movie, there are strong parallels to the songs being played and sung to the events that Carmelo is experiencing. Because music and musical performance is Carmelo’s full time job, it has become an overarching aspect of his life that allows him to express his emotions, thoughts, and daily events he is experiencing.
The story begins with Carmelo, a near sixty year old musician living in San Francisco working as a mariachi performer with his partner Arturo. Carmelo has a wife and two daughters named Juanita and Lupe living in Salvatierra, Mexico whom he calls often. Additionally Carmelo has a mother living in a healthcare facility in Mexico who had amputations due to her diabetes, a disease that Carmelo has as well. Carmelo discusses how he came to America illegally, and the process that the coyotes use to travel people across the border. He soon decides that he needs to go back to Mexico to be with his family and be with his sick mother. While he is in Mexico he continues to work as a musician, but the pay is drastically lower than it was when he was in San Francisco. Carmelo must work additional jobs to obtain the same amount of money he was making in the United States, especially with his friend