Movies dealing with an exodus in the direction of the Holy Land are plethoric. I think in particular about
Exodus (1960) with
Paul Newman and directed by
Otto Preminger and then about
Vai e vivrai (2005) as heartbreaking as moving.
Red Sea Diving (2019) is clearly a popcorn version of a real mission organized by the Mossad in order to secretly evacuate Ethiopians who have fled their native country in complete food crisis, via an abandoned Sudanese hotel, the Red Sea Diving Resort.
By being slightly in bad faith, the expedition looks a bit like Captain America with his team of Avengers saving Ethiopians undeservingly persecuted by Sudanese. But the director
Gideon Raff skillfully avoided falling into these clichés and the film is globally successful, although we are very far from a cinematographic masterpiece. I particularly appreciated the performance of
Chris Chalk,
Greg Kinnear and
Ben Kingsley who highlight the intergalactic star
Chris Evans.
PS: I remain stunned by the sterile duel between the two extremist groups « 10 of 10 » versus « 1 of 10 » who represent, on August the 1st, more than a third of the votes.
