Saludos amantes del cine, recibí la invitación de @chacald.dcymt para participar en el CineTV Contest que tiene como temática el trabajo duro. Por esto les compartiré una de las películas que me parece que define muy bien lo que es el trabajo: Los 33.
Greetings movie lovers, I received an invitation from @chacald.dcymt to participate in the CineTV Contest, which has hard work as its theme. For this reason I will share with you one of the films that I think defines very well what work is: Los 33.
Los 33 / The 33
This film is from 2015 and is based on a completely real event that happened in 2010, starring Antonio Banderas and other great American and Latin American actors, tells the story of the 33 miners who were trapped underground in a mine in the desert of Atacama in Chile, this event is still in my memory because I was studying at the university when my mother brought me up to date with the news that was happening, this news made a lot of noise and traveled the world due to the magnitude of what happened.
In that mine a great displacement of the mountain occurred, sliding a large mineral rock that was impossible to penetrate, inside there were 33 miners who were lucky enough to survive and stayed in a small space called the refuge, there they only had provisions for 3 days and also there was no other exit, apparently no emergency stairs were built in the mine and no exit through chimneys or anything like that, there was only one entrance and exit that was blocked by the collapse. The most amazing thing besides that these miners were able to survive is that the mine had been operating for more than a hundred years and still did not meet the minimum safety standards.
Many times people talk about hard work without knowing what privilege is, the world is not rosy and many know it, however sometimes the comfort of our general situation prevents us from seeing that people who do not they have no job opportunity other than what the system offers them. In other words, I don't think it exists in a person who was born and his dream is to be a worker in a mine, on a farm, a construction company or a textile company, among other things. However, heavy and high-risk jobs are in order for people who were born low-income, these jobs are necessary for the wheel to keep turning, but along the way the life of the less favored people is always the affected.
How many people do we know who, like the miners on whom the film was inspired, simply did not choose their job, but rather it was the option they had, as if that were not enough, miners after a while see their life expectancy reduced by problems of health generated by such work. In the case of the film and the real story, it is shown how each of the 33 men had a life that they hoped to improve, some wished that their children would not follow their path of being miners, others hoped that retirement would come soon. while others hoped to take advantage of their days off to work in the mine because it gave them a slightly higher income than work in their town, there was even a Bolivian migrant, that is, a man who hoped that his life would improve by working in another country. Each one of them was an ordinary person who works hard and yet even knowing that it was a risky job, they went to work every day for their families and their dreams.
This movie not only shows how hard-working poor people are, but it also shows that no matter how hard an ordinary person tries, most of the time he is always at the mercy of situations that could hurt him without being able to take an action against this, in the film it is seen how the private mining company that employed these men did not comply with minimum security, but also did not even have the resources to respond adequately in the event of an emergency.
In many parts of the world there are laws that are followed, but on the other hand there are cases in which this is not the case, knowing that the world is so big and there is so much corruption, how many people will be working at this precise moment in a place that is not safe I asked myself, especially because many times corruption is common in countries where there are large-scale mines and factories, many times the protocols and the necessary infrastructure are not complied with to guarantee workers their safety, but because of political deals these companies obtain their permits.
For me, this film is important because making visible the story of 33 men who lived nothing more and nothing less than 69 days underground is incredible, although there are critics that the film does not show the reality of the miners' fellowship. Without exaggeration, this film shows how, in the midst of the desperation of the relatives crying out for justice, they start camping on the outskirts of the mine, it is shown when the private company transfers the authority to the government so that it begins the rescue work, in addition details are given of what the technical difficulties were, since the drills dug it deep and tend to deviate from the expected angle, so the constant attempts were unsuccessful after fifteen days, so there was no longer any hope of reaching the miners and find them alive, when you finally get to the point with the drill and have contact with the miners, the real challenge begins, this is to be able to get the men out alive, so they need other equipment and try to do something that never in the story of had seen.
If you haven't seen the movie, I wouldn't want to ruin your experience, since the outcome is obvious because it is based on real events, the development of the movie is what catches you, because just imagine 33 men living 69 days underground. If you ever think that, for example, having a cell phone is easy, just imagine where each of the materials that were used for that cell phone comes from, think of how many people have worked so hard to obtain the raw material for any device in common use, there are to appreciate everyone's work from the lowest rung and above all it must be clear that not everyone has the option to choose.
Espero les haya gustado. Les invito a leer mis próximas publicaciones y siempre estaré dispuesta a responder sus preguntas y comentarios, también pueden seguirme y contactarme en cualquiera de mis redes sociales. ¡Muchas gracias!
I hope you liked it. I invite you to read my next publications and I will always be willing to answer your questions and comments, you can also follow me and contact me on any of my social networks. Thank you!