Corkern- Brokeback Mountain Film

In the film, Brokeback Mountain, one of the scenes that really stood out to me as being one that's sympathetic to the women's point of view was when Alma, Ennis’ wife was outside hanging laundry. She gazed out longingly as Ennis drove up from being away from what appeared to be quite some time. By the time he gets inside, she is in the kitchen washing more clothes. The house in is disarray and her children are screaming and crying in the other room. It is clear to me that Alma feels lonely and isolated. She is numb to the cries of her little girls, and allows Ennis to care for them as she finishes the household chores and gets ready for bed. Not much dialogue is in this scene, but the tones and facial expressions are enough. Alma is dissatisfied with her life. She knows something is missing in her marriage, though she won’t realize just what that is until she sees Ennis embracing and kissing another man. From her attitude and desire to have a closer bond to her husband, she already has a sense that he is not fully hers. After the children are put to bed, it is Alma who reaches out to have a physical relationship with her husband. He does not appear to be interested initially. Alma Del Mar suffers silently as she does her duties as a wife and a mother, but she desperately wants more. She wants more out of life, more from her husband, more for her children. In the few words that are exchanged in this scene, one of the things Alma does is ask Ennis if they can move into town. She feels isolated, and fears that her children will grow up isolated as well. One of her main reasons for wanting to move is so her children can have friends to play with. While this may be an overlooked scene to some, I found it one of the most telling scenes in the film, and the lonliness she faced is something that still affects many stay at home mom’s even today.