The life of an expat is a very turbulent one. I would know as the son of an expat myself. The Keralan community would have never prospered as quickly as it did without the influence of the GCC states. It has encompassed sides of things I myself have faced being an NRI, such as the feeling of being a tool to facilitate the ease of another man's life, the delusion that life there means a quick buck is a garunteed, and the breakdown of family relationships. The perils of NRI can never truly be encompassed unless you are one and hence why I believe this movie did a seriously commendable job at addressing what it did.
The film is very well made, the acting is excellent and the screenplay is wonderful. It should go down as one of Mammooty's most socially significant movies.
Review of Pathemari
