the last shot is odd, only then you realize you haven't seen him smiling whole movie at all

@Markoff said:

the last shot it's odd, only then you realize you haven't seen him smiling while movie at all

Actually, he smiles half-way through the movie in the part where they are eating the cake.

Let me guess he was either dead all along or he was living in a comfortable home away from harm. My problem with these kind of films is that yes it sucks to be poor and living in some crap hole war zone. What does watching a movie about it do. Kind of emotional exploration to me.

@rudely_murray said:

This was undoubtedly one of last year's more powerful films, an urgent and sobering look at the horrific lives of families, children and women in particular, living in extreme poverty in modern-day Lebanon. However I did find that the ending was a let-down - too neat, too abrupt and even too upbeat. If ever a film felt like an ending with a note of positivity was not called for, this is it. Still a very worthy movie - and the performance of the non-professional Zain Al Rafeea is quite extraordinary.

Normally I'd completely agree, but I dont think the primary focus of the film was to tell a story with an ending. I think it was to portray various challenging situations and shed light on the sort of things going on in the world. Perhaps after such unremitting negativity the director wished to bend reality a bit and give a little hope. The ending does make this a cheerier film than Loveless.

Watching this film makes me hope science hurries up and identifies a medication to act as contraception for men. It cannot come quickly enough for humans and the planet.

7/10