Childhood cancer is a disease of which 150,000 cases are detected per year, and in Mexico, the country where the film I am talking about is originally from, is the number one cause of death among children aged 5 and 14.
However, it is usually a topic that little is talked about, so a Mexican movie called "The Angel in the Clock" and whose protagonist is a girl with cancer, has been well received at several film festivals. We tell you what it is about.
"The angel on the clock"tells the story of Amelia, a girl with cancer who wishes she could stop time. And she has her reasons for this: that way her father would not be in a hurry to go to work, the flowers would never lose their petals and she would not have to take the medicines that he hates so much.
While Amelia is an optimistic girl despite her illness, and who loves to dance and feels very loved by her parents, time has become for her an enemy, against whom she wishes to fight with all her strength.
One night, he meets an angel named Malaki, who has left the cuckoo clock that hangs in front of his bed and travels with him to a world called the Fields of Time. But something happens and in a moment of confusion caused by her desire to stop time, she puts her future in the hands of an enemy and now she must fight alongside new friends to save herself from disappearing forever.
In the end, Amelia, who has always been a very brave girl, realizes that sometimes what you want is not the best and that there are many situations that are beyond our control. Some things are not as we want them, but in others we can create our own destiny and we must seize every opportunity that life gives us.
This movie does not seek to educate or show what childhood cancer is like, but that Its objective is to create greater awareness by making it visible through the protagonist, little Amelia. On the other hand, Malaki, the angel on the clock, teaches her a message about living in the present, in the here and now, without fear of the future or the past and having love as the main engine to follow ahead.
Through this metaphor about time, "An angel on the clock"Teaches us to enjoy and live the present moment, doing what we love and surrounded by the people who love us, it is the best way to live every moment.
The film is recommended for children six years and older, because despite being lively, Amelia's disease and the metaphor about time can be a bit difficult for children to understand, but yes can help older people to become aware of this terrible disease.
