watching le grand voyage for the 3rd time. this time i watch it on Metro TV. this is one of my fave movie.. abt a simple love between a father and son. reeda an french - moroccan teenagers who has to accompany his father on a pilgrim to mecca, something that he reluctanly agree. As both start on a road trip thousands of kilometres away from southern france the once-icy father-and-son relationship starts to thaw as both gradually come to know each other. the director here try to explain the gap between father and son by their different languange. reeda the son always speak france, meanwhile the father speak arabic, eventough in necessary case he can speak french.. his choice to speak only arabic to his son is on purpose, he wants to teach the son the language cos the son has lost touch with everything that connect him with their old traditions and culture. he's became so french than moroccan. never had his pray, drinking alcohol and never speak arabic... just like in most scenes... he never speak arabic.
a long the way.. they meet several characters and accidents. the son learn more abt islam and why his father tought it would be better to make a pilgrimage with car than plane. he said.. it's better on foot than riding horse, it's better riding horse that car, it's better riding car than a ship.. and the last one it's better with ship than plane. The route taken by the father and son goes from Provence, France through Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, and Jordan before reaching Saudi Arabia.
i love this movie so much because it's so universal, about how to connects a father and son who are separated by a wide cultural gap. To me it's not a religious movie although there are some scenes taken in Mecca during hajj. things like this happen to anyone with their different cultures and age. sometimes parents wants the best for their son/daughter.. including abt religion. in my opinion.. we holds our religion becos our parents did it to, it past from generation to generation. just like me.. i am moslem cause my parents, my grandparents grand grand parents and anchestor were moslem. i know just a little bit abt other religion.. becoz my cousin was catholic. so they have some tendencies to force their son/daughters to do things that are required by our religion so that both parents and son dont go to hell. just like me. my mom used to force me to have 5 times pray. once in the dawn, noon, afternoon,@ six and seven PM. maybe i'm just like reeda.. who always missed his prayer..eventough i did'nt drink alcohol but
so the problem is how to make someone perform thoose prays and other duties sincerely?... or maybe everybody has their own reeda moment? a moment that brought them to the right path .. just like in thoose ridiculous drama. too bad it has'nt happened to me. i am doing that pray just becos i'm afraid of hell... i hasn't get into the stage where i consider pray as a needs that i can't live without.
i still amazed with how easily they can go on pilgrim to mecca by car. hohoho we can't do that here in indonesia. pilgrim to mecca is something really big. it cost a lot and we had to queue @ least a year before. just like my friend.. he signed up this year.. just to get to mecca in 2011. fiuh..reeda's journey with his father to mecca remaids me of sun go kong's journey to the west
i still cried a lot watch the ending.. how reeda washing his father body in mecca.... oo it's so sad. i have to squeeze my handkerchief that already wet with my snot tears. i can't use kleenex this time cos it's againts the go green programe.
i hope after watch this movie for the 3rd times.. i'll be able to get up earlier.. to do my dawn prayer.. AMIIIIN
but now is already 1.00 am ... i think i'm gonna miss it again... good please have mercy on me
ah yepp see the thriller
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