 But Bollaín doesn't leave behind the important issue of the leading sexism of the time, and she is also concerned to mitigate it largely by introducing characters like Doña Gregoria, who is the mother of one of the young men and also the reflection of the rural matriarchy.Foreignness is another key point in this story.At the beginning of the film, with the arrival of the three women to the village, the feeling of strangeness and rejection towards the foreigners appears.