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The international film 'Solas' (Alone) primarily dealt with the relationship between a mother from out of the city and her daughter, whom she stays with for a period of time while the father is in the hospital. It was obvious from the beginning that the mother, Roza, was from a small, cultural village and the daughter, Maria, had lived in the city for quite a while, and had many connections and a developed life. Maria showed strong disapproval for her mother, seeing her as weak and perhaps a little stupid, while Maria herself was sceptical and resistant to her own world. She surrounded herself with sincere, good people but still refused to accept their care as real. The mother, on the other hand, turned out to be the one with the most strength and security in her life, through accepting her life as simple but fulfilling.

The point is, there are some aspects to that film which were accessible to everyone, but only if they were willing to look for them. A drama, it was the subtle gestures and emotions that made the film: the flowers the mother brought, the lines of emotion of the characters faces and the friendship between the neighbour and his dog. It might not be so accessible to a mainstream audience, but perhaps those people who would appreciate the film for more than face value, such as the film 'American Beauty'. In addition to that, it was most certainly a European setting. In America, there is no such culture, not really, where an older mother comes from a small, cultural, close-knit village and gets swept away by the rapid pace of modern society in the city and yet find more comfort and use in her traditional values. There isn't much traditional value like that and less tiny cultural towns.

On the other hand, though the mainstream population might not be able to identify, it's understandable and much more a learning experience. If it was translated into English, it deals with many obvious issues: pregnancy, abuse, a new life, poverty and lost dreams. Those things most everyone can understand and if not by first-hand experience, is still a part of out modern culture and therefore accessible to people of all classes and background.