Pride goeth before a fall.
Its a saying thats as old as time.
Or at least as old as The Book of Proverbs.
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The water-logged foremans name is Yasser (Kamel El Basha).
Ticked off by being doused, Yasser tells his men to fix the pipe without Tonys consent.
This sets the hotheaded Tony off.
Over the powerful-but-not-terribly-subtle next hour and a half, this molehill becomes an Everest-sized mountain.
Tony demands an apology from Yasser, and Yasser refuses to give him one.
Stakes regardless of their size can take on the weight of life and death.
Theres an element of academic history lesson to the film.
But it never feels preachy or didactic.
The script has enough compassion and blame to go around.
These two men have more in common than theyre willing to admit.
If only they werent too proud and too blind to see it.B+
