The Faucet

Today in class we saw The Faucet (El Grifo).

Summary:
In the movie there was a family that went on vacation and left the grandpa in their house to guard it and take care of the dogs and anything that had to be done in the house. Before they left the mom say goodbye to him and so did the kids but the dad didn't. The dad had also rolled his eyes at him which tells you that he doesn't have a good relationship with him. After they left you can see that the grandfather had been hiding the dad's sunglasses in his jacket, which the dad had been looking for. Later the grandfather wanted to take his pills and when he went to get water from the faucet it wouldn't come out. To fix it he put his finger up it and it got stuck there. He stayed with his finger in the faucet for 3 days and 2 nights. At the end he couldn't take it anymore and decided to cut his finger off.

I think that everyone should have this faucet because they can't get their finger stuck in it

Conflict/Message:
The conflict in the story is that the old man is trying to survive by himself with his finger stuck in a faucet. This happens because the family leaves him by himself. The message is to care about your family and have a good relationship because if they would have had a better relationship they might have not left him by himself in the house.

Character Relationship:
In the movie you can tell the dad does not have a good relationship with the grandpa
because he doesn't say goodbye to him and you can also predict the mom didn't take her car because the dad didn't want to. Another way is that when the mom calls to check on the dad she says she thinks something bad happened to the grandpa but the dad says she is worrying to much and exaggerating.  You can tell the mom and children care about him but the dad does not.

Was it effective, did it hold your attention?
Yes, the movie was effective and captured my attention but in the end it lost my attention because I got a bit scared and freaked out. To some people it wasn't as bad and I could tell it captured their full attention.

What happened in the end?
This movie has a mysterious ending. The last thing you see is the grandfather cutting off his finger, the mom running in the street and later the grandfather falling to the floor. There are a couple of things that could have happened; he could have died, he could have been paralyzed, he could have fainted and finally he could have been in a big state of shock. In my opinion I believe he was paralyzed because I don't think you can die by cutting your finger off, but it might have been that he fainted.

                                               This is the movie if you want to watch it :)