Frankie is a dedicated and stringent aeronautics specialists who quickly becomes infatuated with Kahil, one of her student whose mysterious background soon causes complications. Despite these complications, which are connected to today's cultural and political concerns, Flying Blind's attempt to ultimately portray their relationship as a romantic endeavour does not work.
This is mainly due to Frankie directing the relationship towards pure sexual desire. She becomes out of sync with her usual strict pattern, putting other matters aside in order to experience another lustful tryst. Although Frankie's behaviour is understandable when taking into account earlier scenes which establish her solitude life, it still does not make their relationship convincing as a romance.
Rather, the relationship is more convincing as a mismatch which builds upon the other's suspicions. Frankie's unease whenever Kahil speaks Arabic or socialising with his friends, whereas Kahil becomes frustrated with Frankie's work for weapons defence organisations. Their conflicts force audiences to think about current cultural and political implications. How comfortable are we with multiculturalism? How destructive is a defence policy which uses drones?
These questions lead to Kahil's revealed sympathies for Islamism fundamentalists, both by admitting Algerian terrorist groups tell the "truth" about the government and associates himself with other suspicious individuals. Flying Blind frames these revelations through Frankie's mindset. Through her determination for Kahil, she attempts to find out more about Kahil's past to see if there is a genuine reason for Kahil's fundamentalists sympathies. Though these facts are left vague enough to let audiences determine if Frankie is extremely naive or if Kahil is genially innocent. Either way, Flying Blind's portrayal of this intense relationship provokes dilemmas that are becoming extremely relevant within today's cultural and political spheres.
This is mainly due to Frankie directing the relationship towards pure sexual desire. She becomes out of sync with her usual strict pattern, putting other matters aside in order to experience another lustful tryst. Although Frankie's behaviour is understandable when taking into account earlier scenes which establish her solitude life, it still does not make their relationship convincing as a romance.
Rather, the relationship is more convincing as a mismatch which builds upon the other's suspicions. Frankie's unease whenever Kahil speaks Arabic or socialising with his friends, whereas Kahil becomes frustrated with Frankie's work for weapons defence organisations. Their conflicts force audiences to think about current cultural and political implications. How comfortable are we with multiculturalism? How destructive is a defence policy which uses drones?
These questions lead to Kahil's revealed sympathies for Islamism fundamentalists, both by admitting Algerian terrorist groups tell the "truth" about the government and associates himself with other suspicious individuals. Flying Blind frames these revelations through Frankie's mindset. Through her determination for Kahil, she attempts to find out more about Kahil's past to see if there is a genuine reason for Kahil's fundamentalists sympathies. Though these facts are left vague enough to let audiences determine if Frankie is extremely naive or if Kahil is genially innocent. Either way, Flying Blind's portrayal of this intense relationship provokes dilemmas that are becoming extremely relevant within today's cultural and political spheres.