Indie Gems: The Insult

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I'm sorry.

Tony (Adel Karam) is a Christian in Beruit who gets into a row with a contractor and Palestinian refugee, Yasser. (Kamel El Basha) When Yasser insults him, Tony takes him to court and the complicated case blows way out of proportion. 

I'm quite ignorant of the conflicts between Palestinian and Lebanon. All of that was new to me and that's one of the things I love about foreign films. You learn new things, even though this is a fictional account.

Karam and El Basha were both wonderful in their roles. You find it easy to be on Yasser's side given the circumstances but Tony isn't a character that you can exactly hate either. They've all gone through things, and had they not been in that fight, or had those prejudices, they would likely get along.

I love courtroom dramas and this one did not disappoint. It's very worthy of the Oscar nomination it received this year. If I had one complaint, I thought the use of flashbacks was kind of sloppy. I'm sure they were going for a disjointed fever dream type presentation but it just felt very jarring with the rest of the film.

Grade: A-

Watched on: Netflix DVD

Memorable Quote: "Let your daughter speak." - Judge Colette Mansour (Julia Kassar)

Comments

  1. thevoid99July 14, 2018 at 4:12 PM

    I think I have this on my watchlist as I have seen a couple of films based on Lebanon's conflicts as Waltz with Bashir is one of them and another is called Lebanon which largely takes place inside a tank.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamJuly 14, 2018 at 9:28 PM

      I saw Waltz with Bashir which was pretty good. I haven't heard of Lebanon, I'll have to check that one out.

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