Irony in Salut Cousin! is very apparent. Mok ends up getting deported and Alilo stays in France. The irony of immigration: difficulty to assimilate, idealize homeland (like Mok's family watched only Algerian television) What does it mean to be an immigrant? Mok has constructed an identity for his family, but in the end he decieved us with the sterotypes. By telling the audience about his "hard-knock" life, he hopes to gain street cred for his rap career but really he is caught up in this cross-cultural exchange.
It was unexpected to see a Maghrebi and African cross-cultural exchange, when we were expecting the connection to be between French and Maghrebi. Everyone in the class agreed that it was messy, but that the point of the movie was respectable. Immigration is a serious topic but the film did not really properly address the harsh realities. By mixing genres, it failed to answer any questions and provided very few laughs.
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