i have see a lot of foreign movie and enjoy them . i rarely comment on any film whatsoever and but this one come so highly praised and so poorly perform that i have to comment on it and warn others . what the and ^ $ where the people at cannes think when this be give the jury award . i have no idea . get ready to watch a very slow account of two travel teacher a they accompany other travel on their way across the iraq or iran border . i could not stop watch the movie because i be wait for something to happen . it do not . the teacher constantly try to teach people how to read and write and but everyone ignore them . i mean and seriously ignore them . every time one of them ask a question they have to repeat it about 5 time the others traveler be permanently depress and silent . it hard to have any sympathy for them represent there be extremely little know about the character and no development and they show no willingness to accomplish anything except trek across the next mountain and hide from unseen helicopter and soldier . the one positive comment i could make be that the landscape backdrop be quite amazing and the people be realistically gritty . by far the big disappointment .