What does the doll buried in the mud signify? It must be something that Aida has tried in vain to forget... Is it her own childhood? Childhood fears, traumas, frustrations? Did the doll belong to her as a child? Did it perhaps belong to a child that she once had (and died)?
Are there any other references to the doll in the movie?
It's been a while since your post, but I'll try to answer anyway. The old lady clearly says that it is a doll she had in her childhood, and they told her that if she buried it, the ground would keep it and she would never see her again. Such a liers!, she adds. Burying is a esential motive in the film; in a way the whole story is about Fausta trying to find the right place to bury her mother. But burying is also sealing off the past, so the resurface of the doll is like the resurface of painful memories.
shareThanks, jtaboada. That's a very good point, which I hadn't thought of. Both Fausta (trying to bury her mother) and Aida (having buried the doll) are trying to put the past behind.
But in Aida's case, precisely, the past that she's trying to bury along with the doll remains a complete mystery, doesn't it?
jtaboada, birthdaynoodle:
I think you're very right with your questions and replies. Let me add another thing: In Aida's case, the doll surfaces, and with that her past, maybe painful memories, "such a liars!", she says with anger. Don't you think with seeing that, Fausta begins to think not to bury his mother. At the end of the movie, she has the pearls, she could get the money, but she prefers to leave her mother in the sea.
It also interesting to see how the hole that Fausta's uncle digs to bury Fausta's body turns out to be a pool. How a thing of pain and death turns out to be a place for fun and joy.
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