krystal. said:
i have two sort of "belonging" situations i suppose, that are concerned with this movie:
- the first: attempting to belong to the 'contempoprary society'
- the second: attempting to belong to a female soccer team and gain acceptance in order to succeed in the male dominated sport.
How about:
NON-BELONGING
-the sense of rejection that occurs due to a possible sexual orientation this is seen through both her friend being gay, and her being incorrectly accused of lesbianism!!
-cultural/racial rejection on either side, you hear them say "he's not black is he" and things like that about a presumed boyfriend and the lady who plays Keira Knightleys mum treats her all different because she is Indian. Also at the game when she is called a "paki", a very awful racial slur in England.
-Lack of belonging due to gender goes deeper, with even the guy friends treating her separately and there being expectations that mean she feels she cannot belong due to her personality.
BELONGING
-Culture is all embracing, they are very much a closed community.
-Attempting to belong to arranged marriages is discussed.
-Belong to a family, idea of family honour.
-Belonging to a friendship group, certain obligations, expectations etc.
