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The so-called freedom is but one illusion after another
Maiya 2022-04-20 09:01:44
The black-and-white woodcut-like memory is magnified, and the absurd world casts a bitter taste on the memories of immature youth. Even if it is a joke, it can't help but embellish a bit of gloom in the nostalgia. This intellectual reflection also makes us naturally ask ourselves, "Where did we come from?" "Where are we going?" Iran is nothing more than the concrete and small of this absurd world, those vast and boundless things, such as countries, religions, wars , all the things that do not talk about tolerance, the backlog of individual people has nowhere to hide. We long for freedom, and so-called freedom is just one illusion after another.
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Lera 2021-12-15 08:01:06
It’s a pity that from the beginning of the film, it seems that it can be comparable to works like Brilliant Thousand Suns, but later it becomes a history of blood and tears of a young literary and artistic young woman. The heavy feeling before and after and the serious disconnection in the back make excellent animation design. Lost its brilliance. Political struggle and rock and roll are two extremes of human beings. Fortunately, I am not interested in them all.
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Marjane as a teenager: You say that our scarfs and trousers are indecent and that we put on make up, etc. As an art student, I'm often in the studio. I need to move freely in order to draw. A longer scarf will hinder me. As for our trousers, you say they're too wide even though they hide our shape. Since these trousers are in fashion right now, I ask, is religion defending our physical integrity or is it simply opposed to fashion? You criticise us, yet our brothers all have different hair and clothes. Sometimes they wear clothing so tight, we can see their underwear. Why is it that me, as a woman, should their tight clothes have no effect on me, while they should be aroused by a shorter scarf?
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Marjane's grandmother: So you're French, now?
Marjane as a teenager: Nana, stop it.
Marjane's grandmother: No no, I'm just asking, is all. I didn't know you were French.
Marjane as a teenager: Do you think it's easy being Iranian here? The moment I say where I'm from, they look at me like I'm a savage. They think we're all bloodthirsty, violent, loud fanatics.
Marjane's grandmother: Do you think that's any reason to deny your roots? Do you remember what I told you? Be true to yourself.