Aging pool attendant Adam, known as the Champ for his previous swimming awards, has to deal with the backdrop of war and his age.
He is demoted to parking lot attendant at the tourist hotel, and his old job has been given to his son. This is an unspoken conflict between them, and is worsened when Adam is coerced by community heads to conscript his son to be a soldier. War finally comes too close to their town and people start fleeing. Adam regrets what he has done to his son and tries to to bring him home before it is too late.
There were spots where the pacing is slow, but it's hard not to see how identifiable his story is. And for someone to do something rashly in anger which turns out horrible is something we all don't want to own up to. It was also eye-opening to see the living conditions of people there, the juxtaposition of the affluent hotel (full of Caucasians) and the crumbling homes of the Africans. Definitely worth four and a half stars out of five.
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