Shang-Chi: Mental Health and Healing, Marvel Universe, and Awkwafina Humor
Suppressed intergenerational family trauma and healing, warm welcome to the Marvel Cinematic Universe team, and Awkwafina's humor really make this film the real MVP.
Mohamed Bertrand-Duval
In this comedy, the requirements of living a respectable life grow too great for Maurice, as do the burdens of his well-paid executive position. After getting fired when a business proposal he has worked on is translated very badly to his English boss, he confides that he has lost his job to his wife. When she freaks out about that, he gets into his camper and heads south. There, a group of wandering Arab thieves rob him of everything he has of value but then admit him into their circle, calling him "Mohamed." One of their best scams comes when the newly renamed executive proposes that they rob his Paris home to raise money to start a restaurant. Though they are thieves, these new friends show every evidence of having more loyalty, good cheer, and basic morality than the associates the hero left behind.
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In this comedy, the requirements of living a respectable life grow too great for Maurice, as do the burdens of his well-paid executive position. After getting fired when a business proposal he has worked on is translated very badly to his English boss, he confides that he has lost his job to his wife. When she freaks out about that, he gets into his camper and heads south. There, a group of wandering Arab thieves rob him of everything he has of value but then admit him into their circle, calling him "Mohamed." One of their best scams comes when the newly renamed executive proposes that they rob his Paris home to raise money to start a restaurant. Though they are thieves, these new friends show every evidence of having more loyalty, good cheer, and basic morality than the associates the hero left behind.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Alex Métayer
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Runtime:85 minutes
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Alex Métayer
Director
Alex Métayer
Maurice
Moussa Maaskri
Gino
Didier Pain
The old "G.O."
Nettie
Fatima
Chafia Boudraa
Zohra, Fatima's mother
Anne Langlois
Catherine
Lakhdar Bouzidi
Abdelkader, Fatima's father
Marie-Christine Adam
Hélène
Marie-Catherine Conti
Solange, Maurice's wife
François Siener
The lawyer
Jacqueline Eteata
Tenare, wife of "G.O."
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