Woes of the Pre-Op
Our ball-bearing Princesa, Fernando, is involved in a sexual confrontation in which the unsuspecting Italian man finds her “lucky charms". This is not a laughing matter for the man. He forces her from his vehicle and leaves her clotheless and stranded. *Change Over* While a relationship is brewing in the Pimp’s lust for Fernando, she re-encounters the rejecting client who pays her, apologizes and returns her clothes. After being convinced to go to dinner with him to show his sincerity in his apology, a relationship blossoms. A few scandals work through with his marraige as he divorces his wife, and she comes begging for him to take her back due to pregnancy(the man had been wanting a child for sometime, but he and his wife were unsuccessful). Fernando leaves him despite his willing to pay for her surgery(she worked the streets only to raise money for the operation and to help financially aid her mother in Brazil). After attempting suicide by way of plummeting from a Catholic Cathedral(a security guard convinced her that God loves her no matter how hard things were, and that life is worth living…she didn’t jump), she returned to her Pimp and asked for help, forgiveness, and to return to the streets working for him(her?). The movie ends with happy music like most happy endings, only…the screen was showing scenes of the streetwalkers trying to attract clients, and they were going at it again as always. This end was the worst thing about the movie. The viewer began to feel for the “hero", Fernando(a), and hope that either she would have jumped from that Cathedral, or that she would have done something with her life. She continued in her route of immorrality and tastelessly I might add. The director of the movie was there, and though we didn’t stay to tell him, we thought it sucked.