This can be regarded as a high-level refugee theme . The story is free from the dark and depressing or pitiful undertones of most similar works. The Tunisian female director boldly combines refugees and contemporary art with novel and eye-catching creativity. The protagonist of the Syrian refugee in the film no longer climbs mountains and waters, crosses the border in dangerous situations, and smuggles to Western developed countries as described in previous works. The traveling exhibition in the museum has become the object of countless high-class people watching. The plot is obviously a satire on the humanitarian crisis faced by Syrian refugees , who are willing to sacrifice their lives for freedom and become the targets of exploitation. In the eyes of Europeans, the male protagonist can be either a high-value cash cow or a terrorist who can detonate a bomb at any time. The scene of auctioning the male protagonist's tattoo is too sharp, and it is unreasonably reminiscent of the slave auction market in the 19th century. The moment when the actor's inadvertent actions caused an uproar in the audience immediately returned to the present moment, and its irony was almost as powerful as the "Gorilla" banquet performance in the Cannes Palme d'Or film "The Square" . Is it legal to arbitrarily exploit a refugee's body in the name of art and make it a permanent work of art? Is it an opportunity for globalization to make it difficult for a person to travel freely in and out of Europe because of their national identity (say, Syrian), while commodity goods do not have such restrictions ? The protagonist arrives in the free continent of Europe, but lives an "unfree" life, because the tattoo on his back forces him to become a much-anticipated exhibit, unable to control his own destiny. Is this true freedom ? The director threw out too many enticing topics in this creative story, but he often slid over it without any in-depth analysis. Instead, he gradually blurred the theme of refugees in these dazzling contemporary art phenomena and scenes. In essence, this should be a story of the pursuit of love and freedom. The director builds the whole story onOn the framework of Hollywood type films , the hero's rough experience of pursuing his former girlfriend at all costs is used throughout. This cliché method wastes excellent creativity and greatly weakens the critical strength that the film should achieve. This tendency becomes more and more obvious as you go on. Although at the end, the director uses the reversal design of a thief-type film to make a happy ending, which is amazing, but it is impossible to extract a sharp point from the chaotic topics. The point of view is very sad.
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