Jinni – A review based on a true film. (via blindscapes)

Based on a true story the film undoubtedly has potential to become a worldwide cult classic. A remarkable synergy from the best of Mollywood: actor Ali Seaxan (2007 winner of the prestigious Maldivian National Film Awards), Fathah the only surviving Dhivehi film director who consistently makes movies and the great imagination of writer Bimma Ibrahim Waheed.

All combine together bringing Jinni with cryptic metaphors and analogies layered into an intense love triangle of the three psychic apparatuses of the collective Maldivian psyche: The protagonist – Jaawidh [id/self] while away from his home island, seeking education falls fervently in love with a schizophrenic girl – Thahoo [ego/others] summoning his mother [super ego/super natural].

During the day Thahoo with her coy demeanor is the prefect embodiment of servitude. But in the darkness of night she transforms into a sexy vixen that beckons Jaawidh to the beach for frolicking in the sand. Jinni reveals and fulfills every mothers’ unspoken desire of annihilating any potential threat of rivalry between them and their sons’ girlfriends / wives by killing them. Unlike Kasauti, the mother in this case succeeds killing Thahoo, pretending to be (or using) a Jinni. Jaawidh finds his escape from his mother by abusing himself with hallucinogenic recitals and rituals.

The film deals with issues of suppression, sexual tension, control, abuse, rape, rage, atheism-theism struggles through exposing secrets, indulging in taboo and escaping from life. Jinni in a genre of its own is a must-see for any Maldivian. Preferably in Olympus cinema, profusely sweating along with the lusty interactions between the audience and the projection. For the coming years Jinni will definitely shock and rock the art living underworld and psychologists everywhere.