Representation

Hey blog! Today's post is going to discuss representation in our film. The Costales family is a Hispanic-Italian family, which is typically an underrepresented group in the film industry. Aria's father, Lorenzo, is from Venezuela. Aria's mother, Giulia, is from Italy but speaks Spanish since she lived in Venezuela for most of her life. The goddess in our film opening, Kali, is a goddess that is widely recognized in Hinduism. She is known as the destroyer of evil forces in Hinduism and is also called the Divine Mother. Aria's mother, Giulia, portrays a group of people that are also typically underrepresented in the film industry. Giulia is a powerful businesswoman, and has a lot of money. This is different from how most wealthy women are portrayed in the film industry; they are usually portrayed as people who receive money from their spouses and do not work at all. This is the opposite for Giulia, since she has her own job and her source of income is not her husband. Aria's at-home situation is portrayed throughout the film as the main reason why she wants to save her family from being killed. Since her parents are both powerful business people, they are being framed for fraud and being threatened to be killed. In reality, they are actually innocent, which is why Kali wants to help Aria take down the evil people who framed and are threatening to kill her parents.