Bundled Education - "Where Is My Friend's Home"

Idell 2022-04-22 07:01:55

This film allowed me to see the relationship between the three generations of "old, middle-aged, and children" in Iran and its implications for Iranian society. Children are educated in primary schools, obeying the teacher's instructions, and "doing homework" becomes the primary task of the students, which can be seen in most Iranian films. Maybe most of the film reviews are biased towards friendship, feelings between classmates, etc. I do not deny this. But for me personally, it is more about seeing the fate of the child's future development. Ahmed has a kind heart and personal responsibility and responsibility. He repeatedly told his mother, grandfather, and unfamiliar adults that when he wanted to find his classmates to return the workbook, the obstacles and inattention he encountered could not help but make people feel embarrassed. The middle-aged characters in this film are rather oppressive, ignoring the imprints of the older generation (“doors and windows”) and paying little attention to the words and deeds of children. As if in their eyes, children are ignorant and do not deserve attention. To put it bluntly, children don't get the respect they deserve. The advantages presented by Ahmed, such as innocence, kindness, responsibility, integrity, etc., are just the qualities that adults are gradually losing. If you look at it enlarged, it may be a microcosm of the current situation of Iranian society. What will the future hold for Ahmed? Grandpa's social normative education, parents do not pay attention, the surrounding environment will undoubtedly become a "cage" for his personal development in the future, is he free-style development or disciplined? In fact, the film has already given the answer.

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  • Margarita 2022-02-03 08:04:25

    Running back and forth many times, tirelessly, if you were an adult, you might have been impatient, especially the third time Amud ran behind with the donkey rider, a burst of sadness. Indeed, a child's innocence and pure heart are the most precious things in the world. Abbas used a simple, ordinary and ordinary story to describe a very extraordinary childhood experience, which also hides many worthwhile things. The small details that have been remembered for a long time are in it.

  • Freda 2022-03-27 09:01:21

    Great Abbas! Always be able to use a light story, a little bit of justice to the complexity of the adult world. If Majid Majidi's "Little Shoes" makes people see the golden innocence, then this film makes people see innocence, and at the same time digs into the "social system and human ignorance crushing personality and beauty". It was the tip of a knife that licked blood - if you didn't say it well, you would be sealed, and even become an enemy of the world, but Abbas did it easily. On the bright line, children must find a friend's home, and on the dark line, the elderly must live in the countryside, keep their own craftsmanship of making old wooden doors, and use "good-looking and different wooden doors (personality)" and "solid and homogeneous iron doors (commonness)" "As a collision, it is a metaphor for the system's oppression of people, whether it is family education, school education, or social education, the oppression exists, and it seamlessly transforms people, and people also obediently hold hands, obliterate their individuality, and blindly submit to the system. From the victims of the system to the supporters of the system. Naturally, the flower that the old man picked for the child, which symbolized simplicity and individuality, was also compressed and air-dried to become a specimen. So, where is my friend's pure and beautiful home for mankind?

Where Is the Friend's House? quotes

  • Grandfather's Friend: What I mean to say is, suppose the kid did nothing wrong. What would you do? What then?

    Grandfather: I'd find an excuse and give him a beating every other week. So he wouldn't forget.