Oct 13 2009
What was the point?
Min Ye (Tell Me Who You Are) opened to a colorful foreign setting. Because of this, I guess I had anticipated that there would be more substance in the plot. What I got was a redundant plot with shallow, one-dimensional characters. It was hard to see the focus of the play, is it feminist, or is it just another melodrama? The main character was trying to make a point about the injustice of polygamy by having a lover but her character became so childish that her argument was no longer credible. The ending to the 135 min. feature was what I had expected to happen an hour ago. What did the title have to do with the film? Min Ye was long enough to explain its title and its characters, so what happened?
Souleymane Cisse
Totally agree with you.
Yeah, I think he can express the same thing and maybe even better within 75 minutes. I didn’t understand the significance of the title either.