I got at the Bird theater almost an hour before the movie but the line was already long! But thankfully I got in and after at least half an hour of settling down and a presentation of the French delegation, Film maker Eric Besnard and actress Josiane Balasko presented us 'Mes Heros'.
I have to say that the movie was just awesome!! The story itself touched on sensitive subjects like immigration, corruption, infidelity, unconformity... but also on daily phenomenas such as family issues, forgiveness, pursuit of happiness and love. It was a mix of all that displayed in the most funny way possible. I was really impressed by the way he tried AND succeeded -in my opinion-at talking about all the sensitive topics without being offensive but again the comic genre of the movie played a big role in that. As of the 'Mise en scene', smooth is the right way to describe it. Mr. Besnard gave an example during the question series that reinforced my opinion which was about how at the beginning scenes " the young boy would not separate from his ski-mask at all and then when he finally saw his mother he was able to remove it completely because it was only a symbol of her presence". The actors were great, especially Josiane Balasko and Ibrahim the little boy. As a matter of fact I wonder how he learned the script because he was illiterate at the time. I didn't get a chance to ask although.
I expected to see "abstract" humor and to be easily bored when I went but I was nicely surprised. I also loved the theater, very beautiful.
I really wanted to add a link of a voice memo I have from the principal actress on her role but I can't... so she talks about the fact that "the character exist in real life and that she tries to resemble the lady in real life; she felt honored to play such a role".
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