Moment of Realization and Understanding

This film did a good job of emphasizing; without glamorizing, the real life moment in everyone’s lives where one is faced head on with a reality that they cannot change or easily change without a lot of work that one necessarily does not want to do for a multitude of reasons. In this case the work was prostitution and extortion for a better life in the end far away from their homeland. The fact that they know what they are coming to Austria and other countries in Europe and choose this path because of how bad it is where they are originally from also magnifies this scenario. The film and the expressions on the actors face really did a good job capturing that emotion and moment of realization that in order to get out of this situation,  they must also accept it as reality for now and bear the weight of the struggle until the goal is reached. In this shot, the mirror and the reflection shows us; vaguely, the other side of the conversation and how serious her delivery is. This effect gives the viewer a more well rounded insight to the scene and the feelings the director is trying to convey.

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