49th International Film Festival Cannes

In this movie the director treats the problems of unemployment with strength and discretion. He creates the protraits of ordinary people who refuse fatality and despair.

By means of a carefully measured rhythme and framing the film discloses the contradictions and dignity of everyday life following the drift of a family in the changing Asiatic society.

Set in a world of social and familial contradicitions, the film portrays in a sensitive and attentive manner characters of different backgrounds who, in the course of struggles and events, reconcile in finding their own identity. The film is masterfully executed in a serious tone and, at the same time, full of tact and humour.