This story is simple but powerful and meaningful - a story about dignity, sacrifice and family love. The acting by Habib Boufares and Hafsia Herzithe is very good. The script is very well written and the characters are well defined, the cinematography is very special with a lot of very close close-ups.
It's a rich movie and one that, once again, makes us think about the importance family should have in our lives; the sacrifices one must make to help the loved ones - the ones who are always there for us without asking for anything in return.
Yes, I think it's definitely worth the money although I wasn't that happy with the ending. Too strange and abrupt I thought but not enough to spoil it.
"At the port of Sète Mr. Slimani, a tired sixty year old, drags himself towards a shipyard job which has become more and more difficult to cope with as the years go by. He is a divorced father who forces himself to stay close to his family despite the scissions and tensions which are easily sparked off and which financial difficulties make even more intense. He is going through a delicate period in his life and recently, everything seems to make him feel useless; a failure. He wants to escape from it all and set up his own restaurant. However it appears to be an unreachable dream given his meagre, irregular salary which is not anywhere near enough to supply what he needs to realise his ambition. But he can still dream and talk about it with his family in particular. A family which gradually recompacts around this project which comes to symbolise the means to a better life. Thanks to their ingeniousness and hard work this dream soon becomes a reality... Or almost... " by Venice Film Festival
