This is a realistic film, simple, true, helpless and directly touching people's hearts. There is no deliberate sensationalism, no absolute right or wrong, no exaggerated plot, just a true portrayal of ordinary people's life, the conflict between two families. This film made me realize that the estrangement and conflict, and the suffering brought by life are more complicated and helpless than I imagined.
In many cases, there is no absolute right or wrong in the occurrence of contradictions and conflicts, and one party cannot be allowed to bear all the responsibilities. Some conflicts are when everything happens just right to lead to tragedy. Grandpa's Alzheimer's; father's filial piety; pursuit of freedom, Westminster; the money in that drawer was paid by Westminster to the piano mover; grandpa ran into the street because the little girl took out the garbage and soiled the stairs, Reitz didn't notice that grandpa was out of the house; because the little girl drew pictures, the governess would talk about pregnancy and so on. Any one of the above things happens just right, and then the tragedy happens just right. Human nature, law, faith, empathy, lies, all these cause and effect begin to intertwine, and once the balance of life is out of balance, it will be irreversible like a fountain.
Another great thing about this movie is the understated but very clear character building. Perhaps we feel that "this matter could have been less complicated." We view this conflict from the perspective of God, but from the standpoint of the parties, the perspective is limited, people are selfish, people have emotions, and characters have Individuality. This film uses various details to subtly shape the characters' personalities in the audience's consciousness in the process of watching. Westminster's dyed red hair, casual headscarf, willingness to go abroad, and choices in action all reflect that she is a very open person, and she yearns for a free life. When Nader was teaching his daughter words, he insisted that the teacher was wrong and he was right. Even if the teacher did not give points, he would let his daughter write according to this. It was obvious from this that Nader was a very stubborn person. No matter how you don't want to pay for compromises, it also seems reasonable. Reitz is a religious, very sincere believer. It can be seen from the fact that she kept fiddling with her hijab and often consulting her doubts when she saw people. In the end, she still couldn't go against her beliefs and told the truth to Westminster.
This movie made me see the suffering of a simple life from a new angle. Everyone didn't want it to happen, but I made it happen unintentionally. Life is like this, in front of life, everyone is a supporting role, or in other words, everyone is the protagonist of life, and everyone is facing the helplessness of life.
When watching the movie, the plots are closely linked one after another, leaving an open ending, full of helplessness and sighs. Then I recalled the plot and suddenly realized that this movie was full of foreshadowing and details. Sigh, it's really a masterpiece.
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