ABSTRACT
‘Chapter 9’ documents ‘ Mí Manifiesto ,’ Luisa‘s ‘My Manifesto,’ and retraces its arguments in conversation particularly with her in-crisis identity processes. Her character development, guided by mentors, redresses the pronouncements of ‘being’ in the earlier Charolastra manifesto through ‘ever-becoming’ considerations of individual and collective growth and possibilities of revolutionary change. The two manifestos, like so many elements of Y Tu Mamá También, reiterate one another, as do also reiterative ‘climaxes.’ Further, the nuanced cinematography and aural-visual montage draw attention to the systematic use of cinematic language without sacrificing mainstream appeal or maximum accessibility.
