68/100The human spirit can and will prevail even in situations that are unbelievably difficult and depressing. Kiarostami shows a tiny glimpse of Ugandan life amidst the 2001 AID’s crisis. He shows glum adults, happy children, dead children, dancing students, and oblivious infants, right after a haunting hospital scene there is a dance party.
There’s one scene that explains this movie pretty well, and I believe it is the focal point of the film.In the middle of this entertaining and interesting, but pretty average documentary, We see Kiarostami and crew looking at a bunch of mosquitoes late at night. The bugs are flying around a light. They wonder if those mosquitoes would give them malaria if it bit them, and how they are similar to mushrooms. Then the light goes out, because all electricity is halted at midnight, and we are met with a dark screen for the next five or so minutes. In these five minutes they are walking along looking for the hotel room. They ask themselves how the locals live like this, without light half their lives. Then they come to the conclusion that the best thing about humans is that we can adapt to our environments. This does not mean that the Ugandans are comfortable or are fine living in poor conditions, but it explains how they can put on happy faces some of the time.
68/100The human spirit can and will prevail even in situations that are unbelievably difficult and depressing. Kiarostami shows a tiny glimpse of Ugandan life amidst the 2001 AID’s crisis. He shows glum adults, happy children, dead children, dancing students, and oblivious infants, right after a haunting hospital scene there is a dance party.
There’s one scene that explains this movie pretty well, and I believe it is the focal point of the film.In the middle of this entertaining and interesting, but pretty average documentary, We see Kiarostami and crew looking at a bunch of mosquitoes late at night. The bugs are flying around a light. They wonder if those mosquitoes would give them malaria if it bit them, and how they are similar to mushrooms. Then the light goes out, because all electricity is halted at midnight, and we are met with a dark screen for the next five or so minutes. In these five minutes they are walking along looking for the hotel room. They ask themselves how the locals live like this, without light half their lives. Then they come to the conclusion that the best thing about humans is that we can adapt to our environments. This does not mean that the Ugandans are comfortable or are fine living in poor conditions, but it explains how they can put on happy faces some of the time.
