Being completely unaware of Tunisian political climate,the film does offer a premise of a corrupt society which is neither ambiguous nor irrelevant to the audience,specifically to us. The protagonists at the wrong end of societal ladder face insurmountable injustice in the hands of fraudulent system.
Mehdi Hmili's second feature film is bold,gutsy but still it doesn't hit the way it intends to mainly due to the lack of proper focus on the characters whose most of their actions seems out of the place throughout the film.
The second half of the film outstays it's welcome and sabotages the film of it's intended brilliance. The scenes seems forced and gets saturated with clumsiness. That being said,the leading performances were incendiary to say at the least,but the supporting characters are one dimensional and omits anything substantial to come out from their angle. There were many things,the film could have done better,like the length of the films seems more than a half hours extra.
Also a tighter editing could have saved the mess.
The wrath against the society and it's problems is evident from the film but apart from the fantastic leading performances and a decent first half,the film's intention seems authentic but it's execution is half baked.
Mehdi Hmili's second feature film is bold,gutsy but still it doesn't hit the way it intends to mainly due to the lack of proper focus on the characters whose most of their actions seems out of the place throughout the film.
The second half of the film outstays it's welcome and sabotages the film of it's intended brilliance. The scenes seems forced and gets saturated with clumsiness. That being said,the leading performances were incendiary to say at the least,but the supporting characters are one dimensional and omits anything substantial to come out from their angle. There were many things,the film could have done better,like the length of the films seems more than a half hours extra.
Also a tighter editing could have saved the mess.
The wrath against the society and it's problems is evident from the film but apart from the fantastic leading performances and a decent first half,the film's intention seems authentic but it's execution is half baked.