Word: tiao
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...depiction of the simple bonds of affection tying these blue-collar characters together. The wildcat strike of the workers at the local accentuates the flaws in each person's character, prompting old bonds to be severed and new ones to be cemented. At first glimpse, we think that young Tiao will be the hero of the plot; young, eager, hardworking, he makes plans to marry his girlfriend whom he has made pregnant. But his downfall comes when he cannot see the pitfalls of not participating in the impending strike. Instead, he selfishly goes against his father Otavio and walks...
...process he loses his fiance* Maria, who wants to marry him but refuses to accept his strike-breaking. Participating in the strike demonstrations against Tiao's wishes, Maria gets kicked in the stomach by an undercover company hired hand. We see Maria's blood-covered knees and elbows because she won't compromise her morals for Tiao...
...Tiao's actions hurt his father even more than Maria. Otavio disagrees with the timing of the strike, but goes along with it to show his solidarity with the workers' rights. Shocked by his son's actions to the contrary, we see his poignant realization of his son's misdirection, not cowardice, at the moment Tiao becomes a scab. With the backing of his wife Romana. Otavio kicks Tiao out of the house, preferring to lose his son than shelter a traitor to the worker's cause...