there be film for hold sticky hand in the back row and look into each other eye while there be film for get all excite with ton of special effect to bedazzle eye and mind of onlooker while there be film for fill up the useless hour of television when only insomniac be available while there be film hype up to smash shatter box office record sale with all those glorious glamorous hollywood star while there be film to put on at christmas and easter every year and supposedly to remind u what the heck we be celebrate while there be film for just doze off while there be film for saturday afternoon so that the kid would not go out . and then there be cinematographic work of art that remain in your memory forever and that reach down into your soul and that quietly leave a tremendous feeling of immeasurable satisfaction . there be not many and a a rule they do not get to hollywood and do not get any oscar and though they may make their mark in cannes and berlin and venice and san sebastián . ` el sur ( 1982 ) ( qv ) direct by víctor érice be one such exquisite gem while and in this film we have play the part of estrella and age 15 and icíar bollaín . because of this i await anything she might now be do and twenty year later . at last i have my reward represent it have be worth wait . srta . icíar have mature and be indeed herself a ` flower from another world . in this film we have proof of this . ms. bollaín and in common with a few other european director and have choose to make film of socialogical import and and this be well achieve in ` flores de otro mundo . the script be co write by herself and julio llamazares . this writer be well know in spain through hundred of newspaper article and letter and several book and so on . he be an ardent defender of rural spanish life and which and over the last 30 40 year and have be decline and and indeed he live in or spends large part of his time in such place a the mountainous ` ancares in the province of león and north western spain and or in the pre pyrenean area of huesca in the north of aragón . ms. bollaín could hardly have find a good person for help her with this film in the greatly depopulated central province of guadalajara and north east of madrid . in the 30 and 40 and 50 spain emigrate to argentina and chile and mexico and france and etc . however and today the boat be turn literally and the country be now a receiver of immigrant . indeed and rural area of spain have even be advertise for people to go to their village with child so a to keep their school open and or just simply advertise for woman to be future wife for the unmarried men who remain work the land . against this sociological background and icíar bollaín set her film ` flores de otro mundo in this case cuban and dominican woman who arrive at a village lose in the sierra of guadalajara . the film narrate the experience of a group of these woman and a all concern and villager and new arrival alike and suffer problem in difference in culture and oppose mentality and concept of life and especially over the issue of rural and urban life . well conceive and well act and the film be an excellent vehicle for convey real human issue . the lead actor such a the well know chete lera and the cuban actress marylin torres be ably support by the whole cast and as well a the real local people in the village of cantalojas baptize santa eulalia for the film in the extreme north west of the province and and where the film be give it first public showing . some intensely dramatic moment be carefully combine with warm human issue and such that the film achieve an endearing credibility . take note of the scene with ` janay for example . recommend film and though people learn spanish might find some of the accent a little difficult at time . well and the bad you have to do be bear with the subtitle while it well worth your while .