Dr. Dinorah Cortés Vélez (Spanish) suggests;
PLAY:
Enfrascada
By Tanya Saracho
October 19 - November 11, 2012, (Opening Night October 20, 8pm)
Young professional Alicia is devastated when her boyfriend leaves her and will do anything to get him back. So she and her girlfriends seek an unusual remedy. With the help of three practitioners of folk-magic, Alicia and her friends explore magic recipes, age-told traditions and ancient spells -- with jarring results!
ENFRASCADA spins a tale of passion, female friendships and the loco things we will do for amor.
Based on real exchanges with hundreds of women and their dealings with folk magic, this play explores one of the best-kept secrets in the comunidad Latina.
A Milwaukee premiere, ENFRASCADA is performed in English with a sprinkling of Español.
Performing at the Broadway Theater Center, 158 N. Broadway October 19 - November 11, 2012, call 414-291-7800 for tickets.
Dr. Sarah Gendron (French) suggests;
TEXTS:
Frédéric Brun, Perla. A son recounts the story of his mother who was a concentration camp survivor. The resultant text is a beautiful weaving together of his life with hers, the past with the present, and a Germany known for its romantic poets with one scarred by Nazism. (120 pp)Françoise Dorner, La fille du rang derrière. The story of a woman whose empty marriage leads her to create a new identity so as to seduce her own husband. (128 pp).
FILMS:
Ne le dit à personne (2006). A brilliant thriller about a man who loses his wife in a brutal murder only to later learn that she may still be alive.
Belle de jour (1967). The story of a woman who lives a double life as an upstanding doctor's wife and a prostitute.
C.R.A.Z.Y (2005). A French Canadian film about a young man as he struggles to reconcile his conservative family and his burgeoning homosexuality.
