Dino Mustafic has doubtlessly made a big effort to adapt the screenwriter Zlatko Topcic's autobiographical novel. Remake is a big production, obviously straight from the heart of the director. However, giving all the credit to his heart, I am unsure if he deliberately left out some goodness in the film. All of the "good friends" of the protagonist Tariq turn their back at him, eventually betraying him. Strangely, it makes one feel that either the original literature piece or the script, or knowing that the writer is the same person, both are somewhat sided, written in bitter agony (naturally) and (perhaps) cinematic revenge. I think this big movie would have received more international acclaim it deserved if it had left out some of its strong nationalistic approach.
