A very good movie, which quietly and calmly narrates a period of various accidents caused by "a separation". The solidified contradictions between classes, the differences in the direction of family development, and the irreconcilability of religious beliefs and strict laws and regulations have all deeply shrouded the two families in the shadows.
The perspective is stretched to the bottom-up issues of the entire country. The dramatic conflict is intense and it is breathless. Everyone violated their beliefs and told lies in their inner struggles. Ironically, the powerful reversal at the end makes us pay tribute to the maid who finally stuck to her faith. The burden of life may overwhelm the family, and the persistence of integrity will make the family fall into the abyss forever, but no one can ever give a choice or answer.
Just like the name of the movie, to understate "a farewell" is a dilemma between light and dark. This "separation" is the fuse of the conflict between the two families, and it is also a question and complaint to the whole society (as for whether it can be called a complaint, I can't sympathize with it). For example, the girl in the play recites the text: "Since the Persian era, people have been divided into two classes: the upper class and the ordinary class." The grandmother continued: "It is an ordinary person." This "ordinary person" is really thought-provoking.
In particular, I want to talk about the family issues of the male and female protagonists. I have seen the power of children to maintain a family bond, but at the end of the movie, when the judge asked the daughter to make her decision, she was unable to say it several times, and her words all stayed at "I have decided... "There is no more text, many people may be looking forward to her final decision, but I think that never being able to make a decision is the best explanation. Her helplessness and her efforts all the time cannot be scribbled with "one decision". Family is such a scary place! The repeated quarrels in the play all make the warmth of the word "family" disappear.
Made me think a lot about my family, but I didn't cry from the beginning to the end, probably because it's still happy now. I want to thank my parents, thank you for not choosing to get a divorce at that time, and this keeps us moving towards the goal of "happiness".
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