9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Poor editting!, June 9, 2007
This review is from: Mirada De Mujer (DVD)
When I saw this TV novela in Mexico, I loved the story! It's so realistic and the acting is excellent. It shows the contemporary society of Mexico in a very open way. It has topics like: infidelity & double life, divorce, aids, breast cancer, the love affair between Maria (50 year old) and Alejandro (ten years younger than her)and how the family can overcome all this life challenges. I love the strength of Maria! It's just that the editting is so poor! I paid 70 dlls for this novela and I'm so dissapointed! It gets so many cuts that it is impossible to follow by someone who has never seen it before!I suggest they could do another version with not so many edditing, maybe 12 to 14 hours of TV novela! And if possible, it would be great to have it with English subtitles. I know many people in Montreal area who would like to see it and they do not speak Spanish, they have seen it before in Rumania, the Russia, Israel!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing telenovela, horrible version, July 26, 2008
This review is from: Mirada De Mujer (DVD)
There are no words, truly, that can convey the monumental and reverberating impact this telenovela has had in Latin America. This telenovela came out in 1997 and dealt with issues mostly considered taboo in Latin America.
The story is about María Inés, perfectly played by Angelica Aragón, a woman in her 50s who comes from a respectable and wealthy family. She has a husband and three children. Her world comes tumbling down when her husband leaves her for someone younger, her children's lives are in chaos, and her best friends, Paulina and Rosario, have problems of their own. Enter Alejandro, (Ari Telch) a young (30s) and refreshing journalist that shows María what it is to love and feel again. He challenges her in ways she was never challenged before and she struggles with the expectations of her family, society and her mother (Mama Elena) who is the symbol of all that is proper and what society deems the woman should be and do. It was an amazing and deeply emotional love story.
The telenovela deals with many issues: AIDS, drugs, marriage, rape, adultery, age differences in relationships, sex, etc. The telenovela was quite revolutionary for Latin America. It succeeds because the performances were of such a high caliber never to be seen again. Mostly using theater actors, the characters draw you in and involve you in their lives.
All this said, it is a crime that they only offer a 300 minute version (the telenovela showed for months!). Many key scenes are missing, the story seems lacking and the development of the relationships is not well relayed. Watching this you will never really understand the deep connections between all of these characters, never really care for them. Watch it if you must or if you have already seen the full version.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mirada de Mujer, May 5, 2008
This review is from: Mirada De Mujer (DVD)
This is one of the best films that I have seen, this soap exposes the situations that the hispanic families have to face one time or another. It was very heart warming and real. At the end of the fifth dvd I was crying but I never felt better. Thank you for making this "telenovela" available to many of us.
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