La viuda de Montiel

The movie La Viude de Montiel (The widow of Montiel) is based on a short story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

It tells the story of Montiel's wife coping with her sorrows and vengeful villagers.

Jose Montiel committed dastardly deeds to get his riches and his wife realizes what he did after he dies. The realization and her sorrows causes her mind to spiral downward.

The short story is about four pages long. So the writer had to puff out the story. So, characters from other Marquez stories appear in the film. These characters all live in the same village and interact directly or indirectly interact with Montiel.

The movie moves between past and present and sometimes past and present cross paths.

I highly recommend reading the short story first. It can be found in the collection titled: No one writes to the colonel and other stories.

The collection also features the other stories and characters that are touched upon in the movie.

Fun fact: during the production of the movie, Geraldine Chaplin met her husband Patricio Castilla.

Chaplin was great in this film.

Overall its a good movie people who enjoy symbolism and people who enjoyed Marquez stories.

Warning there is a disturbing scene involving the death of a farm animal.