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ENGLISH COMPARATIVE ESSAYASSINGMENT IIA comparison and contrast between Flowers from a nonher world and Hi, ar you solely?This essay will attempt to compare and contrast two films directed by Spanish director actress Iciar Bollain. The films to be compared and contrasted are Hi, are you alone? (Hola,estas sola?) and Flowers from a nonher world (Flores de otro mundo). The most apparent reason for comparing and contrasting these two films is that both focus their attention on womens affairs and behaviours in todays Spanish society, both display similarities in their content but most important is the differences that one may find in the word-painting of women the director seems to be interested in. A) Hi, are you alone?Trini and La Nia are the same age 20, and have the same uncomplicated expression of going about things, they simply go ahead and do them. The two girls also share the lack of a mother. During their trip, they share everything, including Olaf, a Russian who knows not a word of Spanish and with whom La Nia has an affair. They have a mutual letdown Marilo. La Nia finds love and over verbal expressions it, finds her mother to lose her again, but also finds a friend, Trini, whom she is certainly not about to lose. This is film is regarded by many critics as an enchanting road movie about cosmos a woman, being young, love and frienship is the first directorial work by Iciar Bollain. In this opera prima, Iciar shows her ability to direct actors, especially her two leading actresses, but it is in her handling of a story told so many times before (two girlfriends on the road has been the theme everywhere, who can forget Thelma and Louise) and thus making look so fresh and original that her directorial talent is revealed. She has managed to capture, not the loss of innocence, but the gaining of maturity, the moment when we learn which things we can change and which we cannot.In this film we do not find a false step since the fraternal relationship betw een the two young women is very cleverly constructed and transmitted to the audience. We also feel that the two leading actresses, Silke and Candela Pena are up to the level of the rest of the film.B) Flowers from another worldA bus load of women arrive at a knight bachelor ceremony in a dying Spanish village in hopes of marrying men that can support them and in some cases, their children.