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This is actually not a review but I found it very interesting that there are some reviews here which are quite negative. At least some of them from Pakistanis who took this very personal. But I personally think (and hope) the most viewers are mature in their opinions and not necessairly base their opinion about whole Pakistan based just on this movie. It was clearly not an aim of the film to show only the raw facts and overview about situation in the whole country. I believe that what happened to Malala in the Swat valley was real, Talibans are real and the problem is real.

Moreover, I think it was clear from the movie that the bound of Malala with her father is strong and they actually received the Nobel price together (if I'm not mistaken). Not sure why to accuse him of creating a puppet from his daughter. Of course, parents have a great influence on their kids. Even if they got pretty much independent in life it always starts with their parents. The father of Malala himself got a huge inspiration from his father. I don't see anything abnormal there.

I know there could be an endless discussion about the movie and the politics related to the issues presented in it. And this is clearly not a place for that... Anyways, I hope people will be critical towards what they saw in the movie (and in life) and get some inspiration from it. One has always to read between the lines and not take things too serious.

Peace.

After the film was over the director went to the stage and said that he appreciates that the audience managed to watch till the end. And, literally, it was not easy. There was practically nothing in this production which was good. From the very beginning I couldn't believe in anything what was showed on the silver screen. And I don't mean the true story behind which is, indeed, very much tragic. But regarding the film itself, there was nothing catching my attention, nothing I could learn from, nothing surprising, nothing interesting. The drama of the main character was flat like a table. There was no hidden message which would make one think about. The Russians in the film were depicted as extremely helpful and there were countless boxes presumably with first-aid supplies with a big sender address, _Moscow_. No surprise the film was financed by the Russian Ministry of Culture. During the Q&A session after the movie I felt like in a czech movie, in some kind of a set-up where all the questions asked to the director were prepared before the film started. A really awkward experience. In some other review of the film somebody wrote that there is not much to expect from it apart that it is kind of a souvenir from the terrible earthquake. I can agree here, but I would just add: it was a sponsored souvenir. I am really sorry to write this but I would strongly hope that such financial resources will be much better used in the future.