简介：Probo’ssecondfeaturewasnotfundedbyColumbiaPictures,whichmayhaveimpededitreachingabroadermarket,butprobablyprovidedthefilmcompanywithmoreideologicalflexibility.Withnoforeignersormentionofothercountries,thefilmpresentsamuchlesscosmopolitanworld.Itssettingisruralandthuscelebratesanendangeredtypeoflifeinthecountryside.Moreimportantly,andinaccordancewithMaruja,Orzabal’sElotrocaminosubtlyinsistsonthepoweroffemaleagencyandreiteratesthepossibilityofthemarriageablemulattawiththeaddedtwistofclassmobility.Elotrocamino(TheOtherRoad)stagesaPuertoRican,lesstragicversionoftheGreekmythofOedipus.Verónica(RosauraAndreu),awidowandhaciendaowner,andhersonGabriel(AxelAnderson),behavelikelovers.Thisendogamousrelationshipsymbolicallyfunctionsasametaphorfortheisland’shistory,economy,andconsequentissuesofclassandrace.…