Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa's words will i... Read allExiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa's words will incite rebellion.Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa's words will incite rebellion.
- Awards
- 1 win & 10 nominations
- Mustafa
- (voice)
- Kamila
- (voice)
- (as Salma Hayek Pinault)
- Almitra
- (voice)
- Halim
- (voice)
- Pasha
- (voice)
- Sergeant
- (voice)
- Baker
- (voice)
- …
- Baker
- (voice)
- …
- Grocer
- (voice)
- …
- Orange Seller
- (voice)
- …
- Woman with Shawl
- (voice)
- …
- School Girl
- (voice)
- School Boy
- (voice)
- Bride's Mother
- (voice)
- …
- Female Guest #1
- (voice)
- Old Olive Man
- (voice)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSalma Hayek promoted this film on her visit to Lebanon, the birth place of Gibran Kahlil Gibran. Hayek is also of Lebanese descent.
- Quotes
Mustafa: I have seen people throw themselves down and worship their own freedom, like slaves before a tyrant. Praising him though he slays them. I have seen the freest among them wear their freedom as a handcuff, and my heart bled within me. For you can only be free when you no longer speak of freedom as a goal. And how can you be free, unless you break the chains you have fastened around yourself? In truth, that which you call freedom is the strongest of these chains, though its links glitter in the sun.
Mustafa: And to become free, what would you remove that is not a part of yourself? If it's a tyrant, his throne was built within you. If it's a care you would cast off, that care has been chosen by you. And if it's a fear you would drive away, the root of that fear is in your heart, and not in the hand of the feared.
Mustafa: These things move within you, as lights and shadows in constant half-embrace. You'll be free indeed, not when your days are without a care, nor you nights without grief, but rather when these things bind up your life, and yet you rise above them, unbound.
I did love the section on work and did appreciate the artist being there at the screening and sharing how it was done. Also the section on love, and one or two others. I did quite enjoy how the main story was composed (and changed from the book's story) and animated.
I think though that one of the main treasures of this film is precisely the difference in animation styles of each segment, which managed to bring together the difference and multiplicity, but at the same time to cross-reference to each other and weave in the images/symbolism from other segments of the book.
So while I did not like the style and manner of some of the segments, I do appreciate them being there for the purpose of incorporating difference and multitude.
I rarely go to see the film in the theatre twice, never mind at the festival prices, but I'm going to see it again within a week from the first time - to enjoy those parts that I did like, and also to pick up on the things I might have missed the first time around.
Unlike the previous reviewer, I actually do believe it will be quite popular in North America once it comes out, if not for any other reason, then because many people could find a favorite section or two in it, even if they don't like the rest of it, it is sort of like a treasure box, which you could open to enjoy those couple pieces meaningful to you at that particular time.
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $725,489
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $27,435
- Aug 9, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $1,261,412
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1