Complete waste of time: an indie-film with heart of gold and also with all the weaknesses of amateur film making: empty dialogue, young sleepwalking actors, very slow narration. No technical flaws, though.
I saw this film as part of the AfricaFest-series in Tampere. I would really like to love a movie with such good intentions, but the story of exploitation and hopeless dreams of poor people has been told too many times with exactly the same crime plot elements.
The only reason to watch this film is the amazingly multi ethnic milieu of Mauritius. If the story of four young people had been told in 20 minutes, this film might fulfill its purpose as docufiction. But with 90 minutes...
I saw this film as part of the AfricaFest-series in Tampere. I would really like to love a movie with such good intentions, but the story of exploitation and hopeless dreams of poor people has been told too many times with exactly the same crime plot elements.
The only reason to watch this film is the amazingly multi ethnic milieu of Mauritius. If the story of four young people had been told in 20 minutes, this film might fulfill its purpose as docufiction. But with 90 minutes...