I thought the film had taken a little screen time before it moved along. I was afraid that this movie was going nowhere but I was certainly wrong. Once the Director had established the background and fleshed out the characters at this point the movie took off.
The film's structure encompassed the sudden and traumatic illness of the Anglo woman and her Pakistani boy friend with her family; the problem of him being a young Pakistani man had many rendering moments. Beyond the obvious tensions that could be felt even by a withdrawn audience here in Perth, Western Australia these relationships difficulties are certainly not unknown.
The substance of the movie was this trauma between the sexes and it does, indeed, provide a suitable structure for an absorbing film. The significant subplot of the film, in my opinion, further bolstered the excellent writing of this tremendous film.
The film's structure encompassed the sudden and traumatic illness of the Anglo woman and her Pakistani boy friend with her family; the problem of him being a young Pakistani man had many rendering moments. Beyond the obvious tensions that could be felt even by a withdrawn audience here in Perth, Western Australia these relationships difficulties are certainly not unknown.
The substance of the movie was this trauma between the sexes and it does, indeed, provide a suitable structure for an absorbing film. The significant subplot of the film, in my opinion, further bolstered the excellent writing of this tremendous film.