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1 out of 3 people found the following review useful:
Bizarre but interesting mix, 5 June 2006
Author:
endymionng from Denmark
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
Closely related with "East is East"(1999) but without the comedy.
Bollywood meets danish social realism in this modern romantic drama.
Archetypal danish liberated female photographer in her middle thirties
falls in love with hot-blooded Turkish guy who runs a convenience store
in Copenhagen for his uncle - He also lives with his uncle and their
family since his wife is back in turkey taking care of HIS father who
is ill!
Apart from the obvious cultural differences we get some VERY candid
comments to the danish integration debate which is even more relevant
after the Mohammed-drawing debacle. These comments take the form of
alcohol induced social gatherings with her friends and plenty of male
chauvinistic side-remarks from his friends (said in Turkish, so the
Danes don't understand). This is by far the best part of the movie.
However the movie is marred by bad dubbing (probably not so big a
problem in countries where this is usual) and the apparent necessity of
dubbing all of the Turkish hunks danish lines. Another problem is the
forced acting from the 2 leads that sometimes is a bit to much - the
supporting actors on both sides are excellent.
A funny choice is to have 5 of the romantic/sexy scenes interrupted by
typical color full Bollywood dance numbers, that are quite good in its
own way - one of them even a bit provocative.
Uneven but definitely worth a watch 6-7/10
6 out of 13 people found the following review useful:
I watched it, and I live with it, 17 September 2006
Author:
Arnold Christopher from Iceland
Probably one of the worst Danish films I've ever had to watch. There is
no other saying of it. It stinks/bites/sucks/blows e.c..
The plot is irritating and unreal.
The characters are irritating and unreal.
The script is't a script.
The songs are something out of a Bollywood movie about transvestites.
If a had the choice of watching that film again(or a possible sequel)
or inflicting some horrible pain upon myself via instruments, I would
probably go for the latter. But, OK, my readers, don't take my word for
it. Watch it and judge for yourselves. I did, and that's just something
I have to live with.
0 out of 2 people found the following review useful:
A splendid collage-picture of cultural problems in Denmark, 22 July 2007
Author:
tfduckman from Denmark
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
Don't believe this is a Bollywood story. Don't believe that it's a
love-story or a comic melodrama ! This is a story written by someone I
know has a firsthand knowledge of both Muslim immigrants milieu and
typical ethnic Danes - she describes sides of life we not are
accustomed to see in traditional films (like a man peeing in the sink
in "Koks i kulissen") and her social realism is never boring.
Helle Ryslinge shows with this movie that the so-called "impossible"
objective point EXISTS ! In the end You feel sorry for both sides and
You realize this cultural conflict between Muslims and
Christians/westerners will continue.
Danish politicians have tried to restrict immigration and control
integration, but the success is only on the danish hands ! A land like
Sweden - where criticizing immigrants is law-forbidden - has increasing
neonazism and neonazi-demonstrations. In Denmark the freedom of speech
has won over both left-wing-extremists lullabies (except when they
constantly refrain from paying rent for a YouthHouse !) and neonazists
antisemitic feelings.
There is not much success on the immigrants hands yet and though this
picture is 5 years old it still reflects the problem is not integration
BUT dis-integration ...
A colony with cultural superstitions blocked by religious fear is
thrown into a cyberspace-ready world and these colonists has to
acclimatize to the new country - or be looked upon as intruders, if not
invaders.
Quite a challenge for newcomers, but every step towards a modern mind
free of hate, religion and conquest-tradition; will benefit those who
seek refuge in the northern Europe.
2 out of 8 people found the following review useful:
Mini-Bollywood rip-off but great music, 9 December 2002
Author:
Thomas Honoré Nielsen from Varde, Denmark
The main plot of this movie is good and the idea timely, although hardly
novel. This said, the movie is really not very well implemented. The
acting
is sporadically good but mostly uninspired bordering the amateurish. One
character, the male lead Cengiz, is well established but the remaining
characters are never explained or even cared for thus leaving them
utterly
uninteresting.
What is so central to Bollywood productions and grandiose if you like
that
sort of thing is almost a parody here. Dance scenes are used to reflect
emotions but with only a handful of dancers and almost no variation in
choreography across the entire movie makes it a boring attempt. A great
idea, though, had it only worked.
A fun fact to note, by the way, is that Peter Perski is Swedish having
Ali
Kazim dubbing his voice in not quite broken Danish.
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