Film essay: novel Like Water for Chocolate

choose a foreign film from the list below watch it, think about it, and then write a 500 word essay about this film. So, first, choose your film! AFRICA Boesman and Lena; Duma; Mama Africa; Tsotsi; Hotel Rwanda; Yesterday (or...find your own...any film based on plays by Athol Fugard or Mbongeni Ngema would be fine...). CHINA The Story of Qiu Ju or Farewell My Concubine or Ju Dou or Raise the Red Lantern or Curse of the Golden Flower (all by Zhang Yimou); Kind of Masks; The Last Emperor. JAPAN Howl\\\'s Moving Castle or Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away (all by Mayao Miyazaki-animated); Ran or Seven Samurai or Rashomon (anything by Akira Kurosawa). HISPANIC La Bamba; Y Tu Mama Tambien; City of God; Like Water for Chocolate; Amores Perros; Volver; All About My Mother (Almodovar)...there are many to choose from! NATIVE AMERICA Pow-wow Highway; Dances With Wolves; Smoke Signals; Skins (Feel free to browse and find something else...let me know what you discover.) OK, you\\\'ve chosen your movie, managed to find a copy and are ready for what comes next. * Watch the film and take notes about plot, main characters and themes. * Decide what you\\\'d like to write about this film. It might be an analysis of the main character(s), the theme, the issues raised in the film, the design or direction of the film or...? Your choice. * Make a brief outline of what you intend to talk about--it\\\'s a great help in organizing your ideas. * Start writing and use a style kind of like writing a story. Don\\\'t assume your reader knows anything about the film, but don\\\'t spend your 500 words repeating the plot--BORING! * Finish by reading the essay aloud to see if it flows nicely and makes sense.