This movie's premise includes a little super-advanced science, but the science is just the key that's turned to start the engine of the plot and never touched again. Basically, what we have is a movie about failure. The writer/director has said that it's based partly on the inadequacy of the male-dominated social order. It also implies (don't blame this on me, I'm just reporting the movie) the failure of Jewish Israelis to strike firm roots in the land their families have returned to and the failure of the Arabs to honor their own roots from generation to generation. There are also failures, by the individual characters, to connect on a personal level. To provide a little relief in the form of humor or excitement, there is... virtually nothing. We can admire some lovely scenery around the beginning, and we can appreciate the acting-- although here and there the dubbing is a little clumsy. It's very good to see Reymonde Amsallem in a starring role; she should have more of them. But the movie is heavy with despair, or even hostility, regarding today's society. It's a downer.
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