Inch’Allah
may be the first movie I have watched for this blog that I do not really have
too much of an opinion on. It was well made and very well acted by the entire
cast. The story and the characters just did not do anything for me.
Chloe (Evelyne Brochu) is a Canadian doctor working for a
hospital in the war torn areas of Jerusalem and Ramallah. She is staying in
Jerusalem and is friends with a Jewish girl named Ava who is a soldier working
as a checkpoint soldier. In Ramallah Chloe has become a friend to a woman named
Rand and her family.
Being in both places Chloe sees what the never ending
conflict has done to the people. Rand’s husband is in jail for something most
likely having to do with the conflict. Ava is sad to see the violence towards
the people who just want a better life and can only achieve that for some time
with their passports and special papers. Chloe’s feelings are torn because she
knows both sides of the struggle. Unlike Ava and Rand who see everything as
natives, Chloe sees everything as a foreigner so she can never truly
understand. Chloe just wants to help her friends but she is stuck.
I mainly watched Inch’Allah
for Evelyne Brochu. To me she is Delphine Cormier from Orphan Black. I am not thrilled with Delphine which in turn has not
made me thrilled with Brochu so I wanted to see her in another role. Brochu is
not a bad actress at all. She played Chloe very well. Maybe now I will like
Delphine a tiny bit more. I will not say to not watch Inch’Allah. As I said it was well made and well acted. Maybe I was
not taken with it because I do not watch the news so I do not know in any detail
what is going on in Israel and the Middle East. I am glad I watched Inch’Allah though because now I can say I
have seen it (I work in a library and the DVD goes out a lot) and it is another
role I have seen Evelyne Brochu in.
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