简介：KavehTehrani'scoming-of-agefilmisanadaptationofGulraizSharif's2020novel,depictingtheincreasinglycomplexsummervacationof15-year-oldMahmoud.NotonlydoesasociableunclefromPakistanvisit,butMahmoudmustalsonavigatethefamilycrisisthatunfoldswhenhislittlebrotherAlihasasecretthatturnstheirwholeworldupsidedown.                                  Itdoesn'ttakelongforthefilmtosetthetone:Theprotagonist,Mahmoud,almostimmediatelybreaksthefourthwall,seamlesslytakingontheroleofthenarrator.Thefilmdoesn'tlookback:itbrimswithtechniquesanddevicesthatinjectenergyintothenarrativeandprovideaframeworkforthethemes,takingusundertheskinofwhatturnsouttobeapoignant,thought-provokingfamilydrama–allwrappedintheattractiveguiseofcomedy.                                  QuestionsaboutidentityandbelonginginNorwegiansociety(forbothyoungandoldercharacters)withinamulticulturalfamilyfromOslobecomethecentraldrivingforce.TheadaptationofGulraizSharif'sbookissolidlydirectedbydebutfilmmakerKavehTehrani.Whilethefilmaimstomaintainitse