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Nieves: strange change of behaviour

posted 14 years ago by Mononoke-hime
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Nieves acts very bitchy.

She accuses the only man with good morals, Julio, being a traitor. Just because he chose to go public when his company didn't want to listen on a matter of life and death.

Actualley, she paves the road for him being sent away.

Then, when talking about life in the bunker, she says she is going to be the slut for ALL men. Sayhing that arouses Fernando.

Then she undresses before Fernando. And makes out with him, leaving him alone halfway. Well he brought it onto him behaving like a macho. But still, she behaves like a bitch.

And then, in the last scene, she does everything, so Carlos can get the job and cries, too? She even had second thoughts if she should close the door and win.

That change is SO unbelievable. Does anybody understand her change of behaviour?

Cheers

Mononoke-hime

[–] Moskit 14 years ago

She wanted to believe what Carlos told her. She wanted to believe that he said the truth and wanted a child with her. She preferred to test this belief and walk out in hope he walks our with her to live family life together. Nieve seemed to be tired of her life, men, lack of stability...

Her change of character, or rather dropping down here defenses, is very believable for me.

[–] lem15 14 years ago

It was idiotic, chauvinistic writing of the worst sort.

Trash.

[–] LocalDoctor 14 years ago

^ That's a baseless accusation.

As Moskit says, I think it makes a lot of sense. The movie plays a lot on emotions and feelings. Hell, the ending was practically set up from the beginning. Look at how well Carlos and Nieves connected right from the beginning or, most importantly, the scene where Ana was rejected -- it was practically a foreshadowing of what was to come.

Ana was rejected because her viability as a 'mate' (and other 'skills') was put to question; she was viewed as too old to be a mother. Nieves' reaction was notably put on camera at this point. Later on, Fernando basically insulted her (supposedly hitting her 'vulnerability' as Carlos himself puts it) by questioning her future as a mother.

At the end? She basically won, but Carlos was able to convince her from the winning position by postulate a future where they have a child together. Fernando opened the vulnerability for him to see it and he attacked.

To get to the point, the TC speculates that the change is unbelievable because she was so vicious and focused from the start. A true businesswoman. Nonetheless, I think it makes sense because, along the ride, she went through an emotional trauma of sort that makes her question what was more important to her.

What happened at the end was basically her decision being made -- and she cried, I think, because she feared Fernando's prediction might come true.

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[–] dariondanjou 10 years ago

this film was ruined by it's own spanish chauvinism. the most viable job candidate acts like a whore throughout the film, then gets eliminated as she backs off of her own character at the last moment. all chauvinists think that women break down, but realistically the way Nieves was portrayed the whole way through, she would have taken the job, and then kept Carlos around as her man bitch. And he would have done it.