The setting of the characters is actually very simple: a couple who love their family in different ways and have to separate due to differences of opinion, namely the protagonists of the same name - Nader and Simin; Nader's father who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, and his adolescent daughter Tetsuya. The family caregiver who was brought in to take care of the elderly because of the separation of the husband and wife, her young daughter and her unemployed husband were replaced at home with emotional anxiety; the judge in charge of divorce assignment and arbitration disputes; the teacher who was involved as a witness in the incident.
Westminster wants to move his family abroad with his children. In order to allow the children to enjoy a better growth environment, Nader needs to take care of his father and insist on not leaving. The camera first focuses on the dispute between the two in front of the judge. Westminster talks about the reasons for the need for divorce. The first conflict point in the play is such a common life event. Almost every family has this kind of problem. The judge's voice was calm and steady, and he believed that the reasons for the divorce were not sufficient, which was reasonable.
Westminster returned to her parents' home, while her daughter chose to stay. The daughter didn't say a word, but waited for her parents' reconciliation with a heart. Before Westminster left, the old man who could no longer take care of himself and his language degeneration grabbed Westminster's hand and called her name in a weak voice, "Westminster, Westminster". Nader worked during the day, and before leaving, Westminster hired a young mother (a domestic worker) who was introduced by a friend to take care of the housework and take care of the elderly. The female caregiver brought her angelic daughter to their house to do part-time housekeeping. She was pregnant and earning little money in order to help her unemployed husband pay off the debt as soon as possible. On the first day, the old man encountered urinary incontinence, so he had to come forward to help clean it up (this is outside the scope of domestic work, not to mention that there are additional restrictions on the contact between women and men religiously). After all, the physical work is too heavy for a pregnant woman. Since temporary workers are hard to find, she promises to work one more day. When the work is over, she recommends her husband to serve the Nader family. The next day, the old man went out by himself when the pregnant woman was negligent, causing a burst of panic. After finally finding it on the street, he was almost hit by a car. On the third day, Nader went home and found that his father had his hands tied to the bed, and he had fallen to the ground. He was negligent and abusive to his father. The missing cash in the drawer added fuel to the fire. Nader pushed the woman out of the door in a fit of rage, suggesting that she was a thief. Feeling innocent and humiliated, the woman swears her innocence to the Lord and insists on getting her wages back. During the dispute, Nader pushed the mother and daughter out of the house. Then came the central events of the dramatic conflict: the woman had a miscarriage, and the baby in April was stillborn. She and her husband sued Nader for murder, and Nader claimed firstly that he did not know about the woman's pregnancy and second that he did not push the woman down the stairs. Nader, in turn, sues the woman for abusing her father for nearly causing an accident.
After that, the dilemma of human nature struck wave after wave. Everyone is like a thread wrapped in a ball of wool. When one twitches, it drives the rest of the entangled parts. There is always no position that can stand up emotionally and morally.
As I watched it, the image of the Tower of Babel kept popping up in my mind. A tower that hovers constantly upwards is constantly approaching heaven in height. People have good wishes and want to approach the truth and goodness, but what they end up with is the separation and dispersion of language.
The film is full of kind and ordinary people, ordinary people, who have their own religions and beliefs, maintain the truth and kindness in their hearts, and at the same time protect their families from harm. Everyone says what they think they should say. As for the truth, it takes a lot of courage and wisdom to get it back. In the real world, people do not use bricks to build a tower close to heaven, but they build an ideal fortress in their hearts throughout their lives. The innermost layer of the fortress is a conscience that can be truly faced in the dead of night. The understanding and preservation of all the events and human relationships that have taken place, the backbone of the fort is the heavy guarding of relatives and families, and the outermost layer is a set of life philosophy to survive in a society built on material foundations. Everyone is not an island, our words and actions are intertwined, and we have no influence on others and ourselves all the time; people are imperfect animals, and our words are constantly being interpreted, mistranslated, and suppressed by the dust of reality beyond recognition. . But there are good people in the film, so when these words are suppressed by the dust of reality, we can always see the light beating on the dust. It is a shining light that illuminates the heart.
Life is actually built on countless self-righteous lies. A tree fell in the forest, but no one heard it, so did it make a sound? If a liar believes that what he is telling is the truth, does he lie? If it is self-hypnosis to make himself believe that what is said is true, is he lying? If he tried to convince himself that this could be the truth, then did he lie?
What if God gave us an infinite memory when he created man, and we always remember every detail of what happened. In our memory, facts are always facts, not influenced by opinions, not inclined by emotions . What if when God created man, he took away our ability to make up lies, and we could only tell the truth all the time, and would not conceal or distort a little because of practical considerations. Can good and honest people avoid hurting each other, or can the contradictions in life be reduced, and whether the moral dilemma can find an exit?
Shakespeare praised God's masterpiece through Hamlet's mouth: "What a perfect masterpiece man is, with lofty reason, infinite energy, graceful manner, extraordinary appearance, action like an angel, and wisdom comparable to the gods!" Shakespeare always hit the nail on the head.
We just live in this world, tearing, scrambling, and hugging, until we merge into the original chaos again. In the film, the two children who have been holding the moral benchmark tightly in their hands. If there were only children in the world, maybe things would be much simpler. Of course, no ifs, no maybes.
In the end, no matter what, although it was a mess of wool, it was a warm mess of wool.
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