The ending of Masameer Junior was primarily about how the three six-year-old boys, Trad, Saltooh, and Saad, achieved their mission. Shortly after their school teacher, Mr. Muneer, introduced them to the concept of "jahanum" or hell, the trio decided to atone for their sins by performing good deeds. However, they soon realized that they were only effective in taking lives rather than saving them. This led them to the conclusion that they would kill someone to save themselves from hell.
They came across a woman named Maisa Wahbi, whom they believed to be a homewrecker who attracted men with her singing and dancing, and these men often ignored their spouses to watch her perform. I mean, it wasn't Maisa's fault at all. These disloyal men were responsible for ruining their married lives, but children who grew up in a conservative society didn't know any better. It's a satirical comedy film, so you know what the makers are trying to convey through these three children. So, to end the threat tainting their society, the kids arrived in the Republic of Artaqia, where Maisa lived.
Director: Malik Nejer
Writer: Abdulaziz Almuzaini
Stars: Malik Nejer, Ali Kraiem, Mazroa Almazroa
About 30 years ago, the fictional city of Artaqia descended into civil war after the assassination of its president, Riyad Chamoun. Shortly after his death, the two violent factions, the September Flower Group and the July Thorn Group, began fighting for control of the country. Ghandoor, the caliph of the September Flower Group, wants to restore democracy by eliminating the July Thorn Group.
However, before he could do so, Trad, Saltooh, and Saad ended up visiting his fortress, where the trio discovered that Ghandoor had a history with Maisa. Because of this, Trad tried to enrage him into killing Maisa by lying to him that his former love was in love with his enemy, Zaghloul Al Maatar, the leader of the July Thorn Group. But to the trio's surprise, Ghandoor decided to abort the mission to assassinate Zaghloul, not wanting to hurt the love of his life again. However, due to Ghandoor's change of heart, his most trusted general, Meshaal Mashoor, betrayed him and took the throne of Artaqia at gunpoint.
Ghandoor was in shock, and his faction was never meant to rule or point guns at civilians. He only wanted to save the country from civil war so the people could elect a new leader, but seeing his dreams fading before his eyes, he decided to take matters into his own hands and planted numerous C4s in the building where Mashoor and his army had gathered.
Mashoor was about to blow up the building when he discovered he had invited Maisa to perform at his victory. And the heartbroken lover couldn't blow Maisa up, could he? Well, not until he discovered the truth about the woman. So, back in the day, Ghandoor, fascinated by Maisa's beauty, asked her to take him in as a bodyguard to protect her for the rest of her life. Days passed, and the two fell in love until Maisa discovered that Ghandoor was a supporter of Riyad Chamoun. Maisa was loyal to the July Thorn, and as soon as Riyad came to power, he called on the militant group to lay down their arms for the peace and prosperity of the country.
In other words, one can draw parallels with what happens in most Middle Eastern countries, especially with the Taliban, so we know what Riyad is trying to achieve. In short, the two lovers shared different political ideologies, which strained their relationship. Maisa didn't explicitly tell Ghandoor that she wanted to break up with him. She treated him like an enemy and used his love and loyalty to further her own political goals. On one occasion, during a concert, she hired an assassin, Joseph, to come on stage with a bouquet of flowers. Maisa knew that Ghandoor, being her lover and bodyguard, would react uncontrollably and beat her brutally, but that was what she wanted. She wanted Ghandoor to send Joseph to a hospital where President Riyadh had an appointment. And as soon as Joseph was hospitalized, he set himself on fire, taking the future of Artaqia with him.
In Masameer Junior's ending, Ghandoor finally understood that Maisa didn't abandon him because he wanted children with her, and she couldn't be a mother. But the real reason was their political rivalry. However, what hurt him the most was that instead of telling him the truth, Maisa used him as a pawn. Following this revelation, Ghandoor was no longer torn between serving his country and saving the life of his former lover.
Instead, there was no lover, only a ruthless enemy who plotted to assassinate the only person who could have saved Artaqia. His C4s blew up the building, killing all hostile elements of society. Meanwhile, Maisa attempted to escape but was hit by a car, robbing the trio of their only chance to atone for their sins. Trad begged her to wake up so "it" could kill her again, but she was already gone. Fortunately, the people on the street began to cheer for Ghandoor and the trio of children, believing they had liberated the country, which the trio considered a "great deed of good" and therefore decided to return to their homeland.
Unfortunately, when Trad, Saltooh, and Saad recounted their exploits to their teacher, Mr. Muneer, he was less than impressed. He, like most men in his country, viewed Maisa as a pure woman with an angelic voice, and by killing her, they had committed one of the most heinous sins of their lives, for which they would go to hell. He also told them about Um Bunana, a terrorist who recruits women for extremist groups, and said that God would bless whoever killed her and rid the world of her abomination.
Trad is already planning to track down this woman so the trio can fulfill their "good deed" and thus avoid hell. Here, it is quite obvious how the school and the teacher shape the children's character and beliefs through fear, introducing them to the concept of hell and heaven without properly explaining the difference between good and evil. What Mr. Muneer did to the trio was no different from how the military camp brainwashed youngsters with the promise of heaven if they committed themselves to the cause.
These teenagers or children are not mature enough to ask the right questions. They are simply used as puppets and spend most of their lives thinking they did the right thing and deserve heaven, but the reality is very different. Masameer Junior is an animated satire that reflects reality, thus insinuating that, like the young militants, Trad, Saltooh, and Saad will never understand the truth and will continue killing lives because that's what they are good at, right?
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