Starts out very slow so be patient, after 30 minutes it comes to a slow boil and then becomes RIVETING

Rating: 8/10 (13 February 2012)

You do have to be patient with this excellent movie -- the setting-up of the situations and characters is very slow and languorous and the film takes its sweet time to do so. Around 25-minutes in I was considering jumping ship.
But I'm SO glad I stuck with it, and what is more that I paid attention to the set-up, because the film snowballs slowly and effortlessly into a tense and indeed life-threatening suspense on many levels, involving many people.
That's really about all you have to know about the film. After the critical shift (on the part of the unexpected protagonist), nothing is ever the same again and things will either blow up in someone's face, or miraculously turn out for the best. We never know which, even up till the very end.
EXCELLENT, informative, moving, and even inspiring movie, that should appeal to any moviegoer, so long as they are patient with the set-up.