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Enough (aka Barakat!/2006/First Run Features DVD/Global Lens Collection)

 

Picture: C     Sound: C+     Extras: C     Film: C+

 

 

A tale of two women who go on a mission in female-unfriendly Algeria during a civil war is the crux of Diamila Sahraoui’s Enough (aka Barakat!/2006) which shows us things we have seen before, but at least puts them into a context that works.  Set in the 1990s, a young woman needs to know what happened to her husband and an older woman joins her on the trip to find out the truth.  This is well cast and acted, though it never breaks out into much more.

 

However, it is solid storytelling and compelling enough to look at because it is the kind of story we do not hear about enough, as the news media does not know how to tell these stories and this civil war is another the world media did not cover much, is not taught enough about and is ignored to the point that those ignoring it are complicit in helping protect and cover for those perpetuating it.  This is why the title is so apt.

 

The anamorphically enhanced 1.85 X 1 is very soft and it is hard to tell if it the transfer or the production, but is just watchable, while the Dolby Digital 2.0 mix is barely stereo, has no surrounds and is better.  Extras include director’s notes, director’s biography and a profile of Algeria.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo


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