主演：阿西姆·乔杜里 Liza Haider Raymond Teigen Hauger Imran Abdi Kedir Ahmed Mohammed Selma Salim Rafique Manish Sharma Kriti Surjan Thepade Christian Renè Wold
导演：Kaveh Tehrani
简介：KavehTehrani'scoming-of-agefilmisanadaptationofGulraizSharif's2020novel,depictingtheincreasinglycomplexsummervacationof15-year-oldMahmoud.NotonlydoesasociableunclefromPakistanvisit,butMahmoudmustalsonavigatethefamilycrisisthatunfoldswhenhislittlebrotherAlihasasecretthatturnstheirwholeworldupsidedown. eee
Itdoesn'ttakelongforthefilmtosetthetone:Theprotagonist,Mahmoud,almostimmediatelybreaksthefourthwall,seamlesslytakingontheroleofthenarrator.Thefilmdoesn'tlookback:itbrimswithtechniquesanddevicesthatinjectenergyintothenarrativeandprovideaframeworkforthethemes,takingusundertheskinofwhatturnsouttobeapoignant,thought-provokingfamilydrama–allwrappedintheattractiveguiseofcomedy.
QuestionsaboutidentityandbelonginginNorwegiansociety(forbothyoungandoldercharacters)withinamulticulturalfamilyfromOslobecomethecentraldrivingforce.TheadaptationofGulraizSharif'sbookissolidlydirectedbydebutfilmmakerKavehTehrani.Whilethefilmaimstomaintainitsentertainmentvalue,italsocarriesasharppoliticaledge–directedequallyagainstsociety'srigidclassstructuresandconservativefamilytraditions.Thetalentedchildactorsintheleadrolescarrytheheartofthefilmontheirshoulders,ensuringthatfewleavethetheateruntouchedintheend.
