Dilemma under Iran's skies

Athena 2022-04-23 07:01:37

I think Iranians are quite similar to Chinese. The Chinese ask the conscience, the Iranians ask the Koran.
Does a happy marriage help people avoid some problems from the social environment? It felt like they were living in China in the 1950s. People who were cultivated in the clear days of the past can still meet some. Nader and Simin are considered middle class in Iran. The rationality and clarity in the eyes make people look very comfortable. People born from books and music.
Their daughters can't compare to the adolescent children in American TV series in terms of character. But the precocious depression and vulnerability coexisted, making people look at it and sigh with pity.
Where is their way out?
The husband chose to let go because he could not go. In addition to his father's reasons, he also wanted to prove that he was not wrong. He chose to live and die with this country.
And Westminster wants to fight for a future for himself.
One is the frog boiled in water, and the other is the duck prophet who is warmed by the spring river.
With this fundamental difference, the child suffers in the middle.
It's just the environment of the country that makes them approach this distinction and have nowhere to escape.
In a happy country, ordinary families would not face such problems.
How many families in China are facing the same predicament? How to do?

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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!