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The film is based on the story of the 'Monster of Mamera', police officer
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by refusing to take toilet paper when offered by Ismael; and being raped by Ismael before being given to him as a child bride. In this scene, Macu comes to terms with her past, and reinforces her relationship with her own children while shedding that she had with her mother. Schwartzman also notes
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is based in female subjectivity. Schwartzman argues that centering the narrative on the woman, and particularly doing this to reinvent the gender dynamics within a popular genre, turned the film into a "feminist project".
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