F2-3R
Unsolved Problem
A reflection paper in the movie “Catnip” Did you experience being shouted with very loud voice of your parents? Did your parents use profane language when he/she was shouting to you? Or even tried to hurt you when they were angry? Do you ever wonder why they are doing that to you?
The movie was casted by Lauren Young as Liv, Maxene Magalona as Cieca and Rommel Luna as Father. The movie was directed by Kevin Dayrit. The story revolved around the life of Liv which suffered from a psychological problem. She had two personalities in the body of Liv, a girl who had a psychological problem and in the body of Cieca, a girl who was normal and always sad. As the story goes on, Liv’s father was her own doctor where he was always angry and hurt her when she was not in her normal state. At the end, Liv killed her two personalities to end her miserable life.
I think the movie was not ended well because some viewers thought that Liv will escape her psychological problem but instead memories of Liv and Cieca together were used to end the movie. At first, I thought that Liv and Cieca were sisters but when the director explained the synopsis of the movie, he said that Cieca was only one of the two personalities of Liv. The movie had a good story but in the end director failed to explain what happens to Liv.
I can relate to the movie not having a psychological problem but having a different problem. I have a family problem where my father and mother separated when I was still young. Until now, I wasn’t able to see my father in person. Only my mother worked hard to give me a good future. According to my relatives, my father has his own family in Laguna. This problem made my whole life being bothered because I want to see in person my true father. I have many problems in life but this is the most important problem I want to be solved. I promised to myself