Symbolism Of Water In Lola

Lola, a film directed by Brillante Mendoza and released on 2009, is a story of two grandmothers, whose grandson is the murder victim, and whose grandson is the suspect of the murder. The story begins with the death of Arnold, Lola Sepa’s grandson, by a cell phone snatcher, Mateo, who is Lola Puring’s grandson.
Because of Arnold’s death, Lola Sepa has to prepare for the funeral which requires lots of money. On the other hand, Lola Puring who is the grandmother of Mateo, who killed Arnold, is suffering to pay the bail in order to make her grandson to get free.
Lola Sepa and Lola Puring is trying their best to earn money
When Lola Sepa and Lola Puring attended the court for the trial of their respective gradsons, they face each other for the

Water is seen anywhere inside the movie. It keeps on raining, and the place where Lola Sepa lives is flooded with water. This water in the movie has a big meaning inside the movie. It symbolizes the difficulties that the characters encounter. The water is the pain itself, and also the water enlarges the pain of the two characters. When every time the two main characters’ encounter difficulties or sadness the rain pours. The water is also another symbol for money. Water is important in one’s life. People cannot live without water, but excessive water can also make people die. The water expands the meaning of money. Just like water, money is important for a person to live, but it can also make a person to

Lola Sepa’s family was able to catch the fish out of the water. The fish from the dirty water symbolizes hope and a bright future. The dirty water is the current situation of Lola Sepa or the problems Lola Sepa is currently facing. And from her situation, she was able to get the fish, which is hope, and this signifies that Lola Sepa’s problem will be resolved soon, and she will have a bright future.

The last converstion which Lola Sepa and Lola Puring talked inside restaurant tells many things.

This film does not simply tell about the poverty. This idea was shown in the scene of Lola Puring rode a train to meet her relatives in a far province. In the train, two foreigners were talking about how poor the Philippines is, which is contrasting the view of tired looking of Lola Puring. In this scene it is clear that the idea of the movie is to show the life the people who are living in poverty, but not the poverty itself.
At the beginning of the movie ‘Lola’, the murder is already present in the movie. But that does not have much importance in the movie. It is not shown that why the murder is happened or what actually happened. What the movie wanted to tell to the audience was the law which wants the agreement among the victims and suspects, and the poverty which made a life of a person worthless. Lola Sepa and Lola Puring are the victims of the neglectful