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The Worst Film Ever

Good start, but then it gets ruined

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

On March 18, 2011, Nassima Abd al-Halim's son Mahmoud was killed by a sniper's bullet on the street in Libya's Misrata. Less than a month after, the rebels came to her with a captured soldier from Qadhafi's forces, telling her he was slated for execution. They handed her a gun, he turned his back to her, and she killed him.On April 9, 2014, in Iran, Samereh Alinejad stepped toward her son's killer, who had a noose around his neck. She removed his blindfold and slapped him, forgave and pardoned him. Her action sparked a renewed campaign against capital punishment in Iran.In January 2014, newspapers reported that Laila Marzouk, mother of Khaled Said, the torture victim beaten to death by Egyptian police in 2010, who has still not seen any verdict for her son's killers, expressed admiration for Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's "humanity."On the Arab screen, in a temporarily women-only community in an imaginary village fantastically set in the cultural and social reality of Upper Egypt, the women in Araq al-Balah (Date Wine, Radwan al-Kashif, 1999) commit an honor crime by killing one of their own after being shamed by men from an adjacent village: "Men abandoned the village, and the women are impregnated." In Al-Tawq wa al-Iswera (The Collar and the Bracelet, Khairy Bishara, 1986) Hazina informs her son of her granddaughter's adulterous pregnancy, and watches in anticipatory grief as the girl's uncle and cousin fight over who will wash away the shame with blood. Apparently, the Upper Egyptian mother who preserves the legacy of husband and father and incites her children to revenge has become an archetype in Egyptian dramatic tradition. In Al-Massiir (Destiny, Youssef Chahine, 1997), set in an earlier era across the Mediterranean, Manuela the gypsy repeatedly slaps a member of the fanatic group that killed her husband, an Andalusian singer, curses him and then hugs him.As varied as these women and their experiences are, individually or collectively, in reality or in fiction, in revolutionary times or in earlier or later times, in war or in peace, none bear similarities to the women of Halla' la Wayn‎? (Where Do We Go Now?, Nadine Labaki, 2011).Continue reading: http://www.madamasr.com/sections/culture/where-do-we-go-now- where

let's be honest, it wasn't realistic, but it was like a beautiful dream.In conflict areas, we usually don't have good intended, perceptive, rationally thinking people (not even the women), and the clergy, in real life, they broil the fire of hatred and sectarian violence, not quench it. I'm an atheist, so no wonder I liked the movie, but if I had watched it a few years earlier when I was devoutly religious, I would've hated it most probably. Obviously the message the movie is trying to deliver is that we should forget about our differences and live in harmony with other religions (and for that Nadine, I respect you), but I think the message is incomplete, in order to forget the differences "for real" and rise above all the bigotry and hatred religion breeds, YOU HAVE TO QUIT RELIGION.Other than that, the movie is laughing, innocent comedy, beautiful simple village with adorable people...etc, I could keep talking positively for hours... but I have to say: I was touched.I wish one day on this planet, there will be no more "us and them" because we are fellow inhabitants of the Earth and we share both splendor and travail on it.Oh... And... Nadine... : I love you.

It was a nice movie, the message was really good. The movie deals with the issue of religious conflict in the country Lebanon. The story happens in a small town where Christians and Muslims lives together with good bond while the rest of the country in religious tension.This kind of movies definitely required to open the eye of the people. It was a very good effort by the 'Caramel' actress-come-director. The movie was not that serious but little funny alongside the issue it digs. The end was a bit emotional and heartbreaking, overall the movie makes sense of what it delivers to the audience but some people are not ready to accept the fact or ready to make a change in society.It was represented the Lebanon's submission for the 2012 Oscar but did not make into the shortlist. I have seen movies based on religious theme like the movie 'Bombay' so this movie requires a special appreciation for the great effort from the middle east. We know that the women and children are the future of humankind and so this story explains a tiny part of that.

No, I get the part about men starting most of the world's wars and that a world run by women would probably have fewer wars.And since I remember Lebanon's 15-year-long, bloody civil war between Muslims (backed by Iran and the Assads) and Christians (backed by Israel) it's always interesting to see what's happening in Lebanon these days, especially given what is going on in Syria.But creating a Muslim "Tony" and the Christian "Maria" a la "Westside Story" didn't work for me, i.e., it wasn't believable.Nor was the addition of the Ukranian dancers, added to provide comic relief, believable.The baking incident and the occasional musical aspects did a better job of breaking the dramatic tension in what could have been a very gruesome ordeal.Overall, I'm glad I saw it. The acting was decent and it was definitely different from what I expected. I'm glad it ended in a bloodbath. And I would agree with the idea that seemed to be the point of view of the directors, that these two groups really can't occupy the same piece of land in peace.It must be tremendously difficult to make a meaningful movie in the Middle East, and I thank the people involved for their efforts.I definitely recommend "Incendies" for the Lebanon-interested public.