What stayed with me after seeing this film was a woman who did what she had to do to save her beloved grandchild, but, also, a woman who did her best to fulfill an obligation, both in the quality of her work and not betraying the business interests of a man who gave her the money she needed on the strength of her word alone that she would repay it.
The reaction of her son upon discovering what his mother was doing to earn the needed money might have seemed over the top until you consider that it was not only the shock of his mother being involved in the sordid sex worker trade, but also how it illustrated his own impotence at being unable to come up with a way to get the money needed to save his child.
I was hoping from the very beginning that this woman would find a way to redeem herself and her grandson, but I must say I was won over by her quiet determination, her loyalty and her dignity in a situation which by the standards of the world would seem to deny her any right to her dignity.
The reaction of her son upon discovering what his mother was doing to earn the needed money might have seemed over the top until you consider that it was not only the shock of his mother being involved in the sordid sex worker trade, but also how it illustrated his own impotence at being unable to come up with a way to get the money needed to save his child.
I was hoping from the very beginning that this woman would find a way to redeem herself and her grandson, but I must say I was won over by her quiet determination, her loyalty and her dignity in a situation which by the standards of the world would seem to deny her any right to her dignity.