Delightful film

Rating: Null/10 (21 November 2000)

This was a wonderful film. Working with children, I can appreciate the real reluctance Ali has to confide his problem to any of the adults in his life. Nothing about the children's emotions felt stilted or unreal in this film. The father, who might have been played as some kind of ogre, comes off as a real person too. How unusual for a film to see the world from both sides of the gap of age.
I only wish there was a "translated" version as well as a subtitled version so that I could show it to some of my younger audiences. American audiences aren't used to the kind of ending in this film, but it would make for some great discussions. (And of course, experiments to see if we could learn how to make soap bubbles without anything but our hands!)
Highly recommended.