Message

The film East is East (1999) directed by Damien O'Donnell could have several messages. 

One message is that identity cannot be forced on anyone. George repeatedly tries to get his children to conform to his own standards of how they should be and live, with little success. His children do not accept the identity he tries to force on them and seek to find their own. Finding one’s identity is also a process, and it can take several years, even into adulthood. In the film, the children have not yet ...