Excellent Excellent Film

Rating: 9/10 (7 December 2011)

2 Thumbs up Excellent yes it is..well made ..drama depicting ethnic struggles,war in the middle east between Christians and other,killing because of a religion, very daring film to show this side killing the other, usually most drama shows fundamentalists killing non believers,but to find Christians killing non Christians just because of the religion factor is really daring though i doubt that this really happened in the middle east as the film says( it shows clearly in a sign on the door during the film's flash back that these events took place somewhere in Palestine! and i don't recall this truly happened in the past there) maybe Lebanon is what he refers to as they speak french all the time ! i don't know the acting is superb..what can i say..Lubna's acting just made me amazed what a performance role, complicated, emotional building up though out the film the atmosphere,,the gloomy surrounding specially the Quibec parts of the film were extra gloomy,really complemented the whole thing the plot,amazing and new and u can not predict it until the very end,the photography,the directing..A class the bus shooting scene ..oh my god..how strong was that ,,the meaning behind it hits you in the face leaving u stunned by the MSG ! the brutality of those who kill thinking they please their religion or god by killing the other race or other religion or other color.. the only goof of the film ,is when the the daughter did her mother's will and traveled back to9 the middle east to look for her brother,and she speaks french with all of them there while in Palestine pple do not usually talk french this fluent ( if any at all)this was a weak link but it didn't affect the film at all some of the film attendees commented why did the director put the chapter name bold big font in red color in the middle of the screen ,but i think it was symbolic and goes along with the whole idea of the film and the blood and the struggle.. even the prison rape scene was done in a way that really was classy respectable to the viewers emotion yet very very moving, maybe more powerful than had we saw the whole thing state of an art film in most if not all aspects..i hope it wins at the coming Oscars! best of luck to the whole crew and two thumbs up