In fact, the contradictions revealed by this "separation" include many levels of social contradictions: marriage crisis, integrity crisis, belief crisis, child pressure, subtle hierarchy and class concepts, complementarity and opposites of law and religion. But all the contradictions exist in a story that is safe and sound.
The good thing about this story is that everyone has a wonderful balance of relationships and personalities. In this complex relationship, everyone is more or less superior to others, and is inevitably shackled and bound by others and society. Therefore, the helplessness of life will not make everyone fearless and charitable, but the strength of faith and the maintenance of family affection will not make the spiritual life of extreme poverty run out of ammunition.
For example, the male protagonist Nader, who is the representative force of the Iranian middle class, is the man most "nearly". On the one hand, like all the high-rise middle class, he is indifferent and alienated to the people at the bottom, and regards the most basic courtesy and rules as the most basic way to get along. Maximum grace and highest standard. The attitude towards caring for Razieh is an indifferent employment dealing with nothing to do with sincerity or compassion from the heart. Razieh's faults can be yelled at, accusations without evidence, and pushed. On the other hand, Nader experienced the most inexorable moment in his life. His wife proposed to separate, and his father couldn’t take care of himself with Alzheimer’s. He burst into tears while helping his father take a bath. A powerless complaint from society. This show of weakness contrasts with his later scrutiny in court against Razieh and Hodjat, which proves that a man's sharpness and softness can be adapted to local conditions. He is rude and violent to Razieh, but has always been kind and gentle to Razieh's daughter. This is a directional choice of a man in an unequal society. To choose the pure one that has not been corroded by reality, and it is a habitual stance for the low-level adults who are squeezed in and out of society. The children here are the most unlabeled individuals, and are treated with kindness and tenderness in the movie.
In the movie, the two people in court against Bo have tacit secrets to each other. Nader actually knew that Razieh was pregnant, and that Razieh was actually hit by a car before the miscarriage. Their confrontation is another protracted battle to get rid of responsibilities and seek benefits, but the final compromise is all for the family. Nader wants to make his wife go home and reunite the three by losing money. Razieh refuses to pay for fear of letting Children are condemned and cursed by religion. All the differences between the two classes are in the same way, regardless of whether they are high or low: their own bad deeds and careful calculation do not want to let innocent children bear the burden, and they bear the troubles so that the children will not be restless for a moment, even if the two children who symbolize the new generation of Iran He has been quietly forced to step into adult society in this turbulence. The acting skills of the two children in the movie are natural, one is always sensitive and sad, the other is always silent and curious. If the complexity must be suppressed in the suffering heart, then a way to alleviate the taste is to let the children appear.
I have a deep impression on Razieh's husband, Hodjat. When a man with a sense of family responsibility is at the end of his life, when he encounters injustice, he only beats his chest and bangs his head against the door. Society keeps such people teetering on the edge of misery. After he had nothing, he still resisted, in fact, there was a kind of martyrdom fearlessness, and it was also the last proof of helplessness and powerlessness. He put a lot of effort into the lawsuit, but everything ended in vain in front of a "Koran". As the most easily ignored person in the movie, he is actually the most worthy of reflection.
At the end of the film, the director let the audience use their imagination, and everything ended in Nader's waiting. Haven't the Iranians just been waiting, after wrestling, after joy and misfortune, waiting for a trial and a peaceful life.
This $300,000 investment film, with shaky handheld photography and a flat story, won the Best Foreign Language Film of the Berlin Golden Bears and the Golden Globe not long ago, and is still in the process of sprinting for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars. On the other hand, our movies are always complaining about the harsh censorship system, or blame the investment and budget. These are all immature grapes that can't be eaten. You can't wait for the fish and bear's paws to be ready to cook. Others will not praise the fish and bear's paws when they see them, because no matter how bad they are, they will be rotten. Or fish and bear's paw. A real chef will develop ingredients independently, and only sincere and innovative dishes can have enough capital to be free.
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