The film is wellmade in many aspects and maybe it deserves its Oscars this year. Certainly it is about time to award the Oscar for a film performed in another language than english. But it is not close to a masterpiece. It does not measure up to films like A Separation, Life is beautiful, The Postman, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and many others films that deserved an Oscar for best picture.

There are many other things this film is not. It is more a tragic horror movie and a deliberative reflection on class society than a comedy. There are no laughing moments in this film unless you have an extremely dark sense of humor. The acting is very uneven, sometimes brilliant and sometimes amateurish, and the script, even though it is certainly original and in many aspects wellwritten, has several obvious plotholes.