★ 8 / 10
First movie, first hit ! Great and simple in its way
bunbodo
I'm not really into french movies in general (even if i'm french). They are kind like excessive in their styles. Comedy are often "too much", serious movies…
I'm not really into french movies in general (even if i'm french). They are kind like excessive in their styles. Comedy are often "too much", serious movies are like real life you'll to watch (dramatic and boring) but THIS MOVIE have a really good balance.Kheiron (the director) is known for his stand up performance and also for playing in the successful mini series : "Bref"I wasn't expecting much of it but a friend of mine advised me to give it a try. (saw it in a airplane)The story is set in Iran during dictatorship (i don't know or care much about geopolitics). With fun and seriousness, Kheiron introduce characters and their history that leads them to move from Iran to France. This is really a story about french "actual" population and their multicultural background (roots of the 2nd generations of migrants). All the parents have their stories and all sort of background that children don't even know much about it.Kheiron by this movie is giving consistency to his roots and by extent to a lots of people that relate to this kind of family history.All say, the movie is entertaining, funny and dramatic all at once. And i hope that it will have the success that it deserve.
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★ 6 / 10
The movie is well done as a comedy... makes you laugh... but Shah is presented from the point of view of a communist...
mehrzad-moghazehi
The movie is well done as a comedy... makes you laugh... but Shah is presented from the point of view of a communist, not the truth about Shah! Shah was a king…
The movie is well done as a comedy... makes you laugh... but Shah is presented from the point of view of a communist, not the truth about Shah! Shah was a king who with his father created the most prosperous period of Iran, after 2500 years... exactly from the time of Cyrus the Great, king of Persia! During his reign as king, Iran is evolving very quickly from all points of view: military, economic, constructive, educational, etc.! I mean, a lover of the homeland and the people... it is presented as being fearful, which is not really... he did not want people to blood flow, otherwise it was very easy to give the order to army to kill the people! Certainly also had mistakes, but the biggest mistake was to trust traitors next to him ... that the Iranian intelligence service who had continually lied and they relatad misinformation! Those who study or have studied the history of Iran, knows the truth! In a country in which the union has succeeded ... and they removed foreign powers and is evolving with maximum speed, is no need for communists, left or right or other policies... When a French lord said to Shah, that the solution is to hang 60 people, no matter who they are ... just have to hang and people will not go out on the street ... Shah said, I am king, not dictator! If people do not want me, I'll leave the country. I'm waiting for the day to be made a film about the true story of the Iranian revolution during and after the Shah ... but someone to tell the truth and be impartial.
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