Nadeem-11

Loved this short film.It is hauntingly beautiful and packs more into its space than a lot of movies say in much longer.The acting from the main characters was superb and I would be surprised if they had much tutoring.Being from Pakistan myself(now living in Scotland) I found it quite tragic that the Scottish tourist is corrupted by the dog eat dog world of the subcontinent and leaves seeing the young boy as just another poor user when in fact her memory is being venerated as almost divine.Even the gang master seems just another poor victim in his own way.It is a message of hope with the "elephant boy" lifting himself ,literally ,upwards.It seemed like an Indian Ken Loach.I also loved the contrast with the hypocrisy of the rich man and simple yet cleaner spirituality of the boy.You can tell I really liked this movie and was happy that its being shown at the Pakistani Film Festival in Glasgow this year where I'm sure it will be well received.