the power of faith

Webster 2022-04-19 09:01:38

Overall, the movie was good, but not as good as I thought it would be. If it is true as the introduction said, this film reflects the social conflicts and family conflicts of different classes in Iran, then I would rather say that the film that touches me the most is only five words, the power of belief.
Scene 1: The ruffian-like male No. 2 went to the school office where the tutor was working to make trouble, accusing the tutor of lying, and harassing her like a ruffian that people often see. But when he asked the female teacher to swear to the Quran that she did not lie, and the female teacher swears very firmly, the second male left silently.
Scene 2: After all the conflicts are brewing and entanglement, when the lawsuit is finally settled through private compensation, the aborted mother is unable to lie to the Quran, so she has to face no compensation, lose her reputation, and be spurned by her family and her family. situation. And all of this, just because she was afraid of the retribution on the child after she lied.
When I first started watching this movie, I was still thinking that all the background plots and contradictions in the movie are applicable in China as well. But when I saw the status of religion in the hearts of Iranians, I thought that if the plots of shots 1 and 2 were placed in China, the ending would definitely not change dramatically because of the oath to face a certain book. Because in China, lying can be said to be easy, swear? I can make a hundred vows to you. If the Chinese have half the faith of the Iranians, then the Chinese society will definitely be much better.
The social conflicts and family conflicts of different classes described in this film do not give me intense and profound feeling. In my opinion, the male protagonist looks very much like a Chinese man, with face first. Even if he admits that he knew that the other party was pregnant before he started, he is still unwilling to let go of his reputation and face, and he is unwilling to compensate and reconcile. I really can't understand. At the end of the story, everyone has to reach a settlement agreement. Why does the hero ask the aborted mother to swear to the Quran that the child was aborted because of him? Does the hero dare to swear to the Quran that he didn't know the other party beforehand? Are you pregnant? It is really speechless to dare to stand on the commanding heights of morality to examine and mock the other party, even though he has made mistakes first and lied later.
Finally, I thought about it, if swearing on the Koran is so useful, why don’t Iranian judges and police directly ask people to swear to the Koran to prove the authenticity when investigating and trying cases? In this way, handling the case is not much easier, and there are not so many tangled points and twists and turns of the case. The heroine's role is too small, and she is not even as good as the abortion mother. Open ending, I want my daughter to say, I don't want to be with either, so they don't get separated.

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A Separation quotes

  • Termeh: Didn't you say it's not serious?

    Nader: It got serious.

  • Simin: Does he even realize you are his son?

    Nader: I know he is my father!