As a documentary of the life of an Algerian family in the south of France, it was an interesting study of the lack of assimilation into French society. It was also revelatory as to the hierarchy of roles - a wife is nothing but a mother is everything. One wonders if the boys would have developed along the same lines.
Almost every character seemed to be real, if a little exaggerated. The mother-in-law was superb.
After thinking about the ending, I'm offering the suggestion that the "happy ending" was really a collection of her thoughts as she bled to death, having cut herself on the glass. The same sort of thing happens at the end of the film: Le Cercle Rouge, a classic, made in 1970.
Almost every character seemed to be real, if a little exaggerated. The mother-in-law was superb.
After thinking about the ending, I'm offering the suggestion that the "happy ending" was really a collection of her thoughts as she bled to death, having cut herself on the glass. The same sort of thing happens at the end of the film: Le Cercle Rouge, a classic, made in 1970.