Review by OJT

Two unemployed petty crime youngsters, Karim and Adil, are both struggling with their own problems and life in Casablanca, Morocco. Adil has a drinking and abusive father. The other has a senile father, but they both dreams of going to Malmø, Sweden, where "everybody gets a job", and bring this best friend Adil there as well. But then he needs to get up with 60.000 dirham (local currency) to people smugglers to get there.

The film is a great postcard of Casablanca, shown as a third main role in the film, both day and night, and soundtrack is very well picked out. Smply perfect.

This is the second feature of director Nour Eddine Lakhmari, which obviously is a very talented film maker. The film is packed with interesting Crater's, especially those on the dark side of the city life.

The film depicts both everyday life, poverty and inequality. What we would call reality. But the film also contains a lot of humour. Maybe that is the main problem for many with this film. the humour isn't always easy to get, being a westerner. It seems like overacting more than funny episodes. Still I guess this is often the case with understanding different cultures. And i also find Amercan comedies tending to do the very same, overacting.

The film is well recommended.