Elemental: A film breaking barriers

In Elemental we are told a fantastic story set in a world where anthropomorphic beings belonging to the 4 elements of nature, manage to live with their differences in a great metropolis called Ciudad Elementos, where its two main characters at first glance and from the conceptions we have and have been taught are complete opposites: Water and fire.

The story begins when we are introduced to Cinder and Bernie Lumen, a couple of immigrant husbands from the distant Tierras de Fuego, who will start a new life from scratch in the Fire Town district, preserving all the traditions of their town and raising their little daughter, Ember.

On the verge of becoming a young adult, Ember will be in a particular dichotomy at this point in life, questioning her dreams or moving forward with the family business that her father wants to give her. In that search to keep the flame of her family and this store alive, she encounters a large number of setbacks where she will meet Wade, a citizen inspector who will qualify said establishment. However, their encounter as an unequal couple will find love from their differences, since Wade, being a being of water loaded with sensitivities, will not be liked by Bernie Lumen, who disapproves of any being belonging to another element other than fire.

Both characters have very particular personalities that complement each other, showing once again that opposites are not bad, but on the contrary, they are what we needed to be even more complete. Here, the perspectives of the new generations and the children of immigrants are also evident, who must show the old age of their parents, within a mixture of preserving the traditions of their places of origin and learning about the cultural plurality of this new environment. Quite a feat of survival in the face of prejudice and discrimination, in a story that dialogues with the change of times and the sociocultural transformations typical of such epicenters.

It is a film that we recommend to watch with your children and family as it provides a lesson for all generations.