Does multiculturalism really work. How much of an immigrant's original culture must be kept? How high are the barriers between racial groups? How do you impose the old ways on young people in a new country? Here is a Pakistani family living in Glasgow for many years. Even the father speaks with a thick Geordie accent. The family lives in a tidy middle class home like other Scots families. They run a typical neighbourhood shop. Yet even with all this, the old ways die hard. The father's rule is law. Marriages are arranged. Straying from custom brings shame upon the entire family. Think LaTraviata. So when this nice Muslim boy dumps his arranged bride to be and movers in with an Irish Catholic music teacher.... This is a vivid examination of an all too common problem in the UK (and, for that matter, here in Canada.)It's a fine film. However the Scots accents are so thick that I had to turn on the closed captioning to understand the dialogue. The sex scenes are a little too graphic. And >>>>>>>SPOILER HERE<<<<<<<<<< this was the last film I ever expected would have a simplistic "they all lived happily ever after" Hollywood ending. Until that point it had been a thoughtful examination of a complex and near insoluble social problem. I expect better of Europeans.
Review of A Fond Kiss
