how this movie win a prestigious prize at cannes be utterly beyond me . call me a dolt and but i utterly do not get it . and and i stay for the whole screen a lot of people and truth be tell and leave during the show . the movie be far too gauzy no character development and too many false start or blind alley and and far too little serious message other than sri lankan army equal kind of creepy . please . i can not even accuse the movie of navel gazing that would be a significant step up . the old guy foot ailment go nowhere and the army truck little dance be leave unexplained ( other than and perhaps and army equal creepy time waster ) and the little girl remain a complete cipher and and the potentially appealing character of the police man ( if that what he be ) remain largely unknown ( other than the compellingly original message that bludgeon a stranger to death be not a nice idea ) .