A fond kiss

Sparks fly in Glasgow's south side when a young Pakistani man enters into a relationship with a Caucasian woman (IMDB).

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[hipsterscout]

You can find the movie as "Ae fond kiss", "A fond kiss" and "Just a kiss". The name in my copy is "A fond kiss" since I got it in America, not UK. In continental Europe is known also as "Just a kiss"

[Superblusero]

After having watched this great movie I jumped to two conclusions:

Religion fucks it all up and faith can be a powerful tool to get over the setbacks in life.

[truepureblue]

Great movie..very real.

Why not just upload the whole movie?

[bajaninthesun]

@TheAtheistFuture

And then there's the issue of marriage. In most non-Western cultures it represents something very different than just an infatuation, an arbitrary love or an expensive ceremony. It's a type of social and business contract.

I'm critical of the parents because its unfair to expect children to grow up anything but Scottish in Scotland. That's my criticism, not much else.

[bajaninthesun]

@TheAtheistFuture

I'm not sure if the very old kid in this money is being treated as property. They simply do not want him to marry out of culture. It would have been the same if he wanted to marry someone Indian. The parents fear that their progeny will no longer be Pakistani, that they've now become something else. I'm not sure if that's a bad thing. Most first generation immigrants have that fear.

[bajaninthesun]

@TheAtheistFuture

It depends. Where I live expats do send their kids to public schools. In most cases though the education systems in those countries are inferior. Conversely, many immigrants now send their kids to "faith-based" schools which generally serve the purpose of culture as well (Sikh Punjabi, Muslim Pakistani etc) not to mention the after school classes that these kids take instead sometime (at a temple or mosque).

But that is another long-winded issue.

[bajaninthesun]

@TheAtheistFuture

I'm not condoning the Pakistani parents in the film, they get what they deserve.

I should add that many Asian parents do exactly what you just mentioned: they send their children off to the subcontinent for a while.

[bajaninthesun]

@TheAtheistFuture

Gosh, a reply after a year. I spent a lot of time in Dubai (and other Gulf Countries) and your statement "Europeans don't tend to bring their children up in Dubai or Kuwait, but come back home to start a family." is a gross generalization. Just check online how many "international" schools there are in those places that cater specifically to the children of European expats.

[TheAtheistFuture]

@bajaninthesun "mainly to make money" Well that's what they get for putting money before values, Europeans don't tend to bring their children up in Dubai or Kuwait, but come back home to start a family. That's what the characters in the movie should have done if they didn't want to bring children up in a culture where love is more important than tradition, gods, and culture, where parents guide their children, and don't expect them to conform to all their parents wishes.

[cherishsmartboy]

she is so sweet 01:22

[bajaninthesun]

It's not about religion, it's about culture and this guy's parents didn't come over to become Scottish or Europeans, mainly to make money..it's the same reason why Europeans go to live and work in Dubai, Kuwait, China etc...not because they love their "values" but because of economic reasons.