This movie wasn't what I expected at all, to be honest. Whereas I was expecting gritty and tense, the plot is actually very much about the three people who we learn to care so much about. A family uprooted to a foreign land where the only one who can help make sense of it is the child whose dealing with oh so much more.
As a totem for some of the current travails facing the European Union project (tm) it's quite a pertinent and valuable piece that shows how much you need some luck and determination and application to make any progress in life. It makes you care for these simple people, who have similar hopes and dreams and worries and discontents as the rest of us.
A clever use of juxtapositions underpins much of what we see, and whilst some have questioned the explosive climax, I think it ends things very well, although the sugar-coated conclusion did see me mark it down one point. What a movie though, what a thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining approach to the modern world. Worth a watch.
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