No. 34 (2019) Las Ninas Bien "The Good Girls". April 12th.

Film No 34 (2019) April 12th.  7:35 PM Private Preview Screening @ Home via Vimeo link . 

"It's my birthday. I'm wearing the ivory dress I bought in New York".(Sophia describes the most important thing on her mind, at the time, to her girl friends).

This rather sad tale of Sophia's (llsa Sallas) fall from a privileged life in Mexican society won't appeal to most people. It is slow, brooding and forces home the point that entitlement based on wealth can be but a temporary experience. Sophia is a young mother and the wife of a business wannabe, Fernando (Flavio Medina). She doesn't gain one iota of satisfaction from her lively and likable children. She gains her gratification from shopping, playing tennis, and attending lavish social gatherings. Her "friends" sincerity is as brittle  as a taco shell. It's all a facade and a game. So when the money gradually diminishes, how will she cope knowing her social standing is washing away? Las Ninas, set in the eighties, reminds me of The House of Mirth, Terence Davies' lavish costume drama. In it, Gillian Anderson's, Lily Bart has her social standing whisked from under her. Sophia however is far less likeable than Lily. An interesting Mexican saga but only for cinema goers with specific tastes, or a fan of Sallas, it is most definitely her film.  8GUMS.