I Watched...

I managed to 'catch' a couple of films that I am really interested to watch (call me bias, none of which are English or Chinese - only mainly from "The Secret Life of Arabia")

1. Sankara (Sri Lanka) - Good (Opening Film)

2. Losing Ahmad (Kuwait) – Good (Real time - True Story)
Abdullah (the Director), started to shoot this film impromptu when he met 2 ladies on a plane, and they told him of their journey to Kuwait-Iraq border to pickup Ahmad and bring him to NewYork for medical treatment (Ahmad - a 7 years old boy affected by a bomb blast on his way to school, which left him blind, cause him an arm and a distorted face). This film follows their real-life journey. However, upon realizing that Abdullah is not going to give them the whole footage of the film, the two ladies (& their team) ditch Abdullah in JFK airport!! Thus he lost contact with Ahmad & his brother Saad. A search that took him a year. When he finally got news from them, they are on their way back. Abdullah tracked them again. Ahmad finally returned with not much done! Just a 'stone eye' and an artificial arm without any moveable limbs!! And the biggest damage done is that his beloved brother Saad was killed in an accident !!
These ladies get big coverage from the media for their humanitarian effort – but what did they really do when they realize that there's not much publicity??.. very little !! Are they really sincere ??
They invade - kill thousands of woman, children, men & the old... and they get BIG publicity for 'helping' a few ??... and when there's no publicity - just dumb them ??.. BULLSHIT !!
I really enjoyed this film - 'an eye opener' - Good Job Abdullah!!

3. Scream of the Ants (Iran) - Fairly Good
A more spiritual film about an Iranian couple's journey to India in search of a spiritual teacher called "The Perfect Man". The wife being religious, & the husband being an atheist. Lots of questions about the existence of God.
Some part of the film does scare me though.. like the burning of the bodies in the Ganga river!! ... eeeerrriiee !!
On the whole, it's a fairly good movie ... it makes u realize how 'lost' and ungrateful ppl can be without faith, without foundation ... and how blinded ppl can be about the existence of God and how naïve one can be when choosing a religion.
I was just wondering, why a Muslim director potrays all this thru' Hinduism and not thru' the Islamic side - thru' Sufism, for example. Maybe living in Europe makes him persee so ... Wallahu-alam

4. I am the on who bring flowers to her grave (Syria/France) - BIG Yawwwwnnnnnnnnnnnn :(
This one I really really regret watching and losing my sleep over (started at 9.15pm hokay!!)
A documentary, traveloque and diary of an ex-militant woman and her interview with 3 exiled woman living in France .. their lifes & how they are leading it now.

Sounds interesting - but in reality, a real BORE with a capital B !!... how it can win awards at some festivals really boggles me !! Yyaaaaaawwwwnnnnnnnnnnn ...

4. Crossing the Dust (Iraq) - Good
Another good film about 2 Kurdish soldiers journey to deliver food to the army during the toppling of Saddam. One their way, they met a lost 5 yr old boy named “Saddam” crying at the side of the highway... how they try to help him get back home. The film have its’ light moments, realistic scenes (shot just when the US army ‘invade’ Iraq), and ended up with a sad tragedy. The director had based his movie amongst the many stories he heard during the war….
Another nice film worth watching :)
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Catching a few more movies before it came to an end on Monday !!
* In Passion & Love (Egypt) - 28 April
* Fools Alley (Egypt) - 29 April
* Opera Jawa (Indonesia) – Closing Film 30 April

Join me anyone ??