I do not believe that Alicia is ever able to reconcile her personal thoughts about her suspicions that her daughter is the child of a murdered political prisoner. Although I found the ending somewhat confusing, it felt to me as though she may have acted like she accepted it after she was beat by her husband.
There are many examples thought the film where Alicia shows the depth of her concern about her daughter’s biological parents. She spent a lot of time searching through archives and visiting the hospital trying to seek the truth. She also hid her feelings often, especially when her husband started accusing her of wanting to “get rid of” Gaby. The curiosity of finding out the truth and her concern of Gaby’s biological parents knowing the truth was all that Alicia could concentrate on. She changed her “hardcore” school teacher attitude once her mind was occupied with this. She started to involve anyone that would help her find out the truth. There were many scenes where Alicia was at the protests looking at the posters.
Shortly after bringing home the woman that Alicia suspects is Gaby’s Biological grandmother, Alicia’s husband begins getting more irritated that she is interested in the truth. The scene where Alicia is beat and her hand is smashed in the door was very hard to watch. He acted as though he had something to hind when he treated Alicia so poorly.
Monika Carpenter
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