Yili represents the contradiction of most women in Iran towards love. Yili doesn't like her fiancé, but neither her family nor her fiancé agrees with them to break up. Under the religious background, Iranian women may not have a choice. When Ellie asked Ahmad why she wanted a divorce, she thought that if she married her fiancé and then divorced, it would bring shame to the entire family. This is a realistic reflection of women in Iranian society in marriage. "A bitter ending is better than an endless bitterness" not only implies that the ending of the movie is tragic, but also implies that Yili chose the former on the issue of whether to choose a "painful ending" or "the bitterness of the ending" in her marriage.
Or maybe there is another ending. The appearance of Yili in the film is worrying. At the end of the kite flying, Yili's close-up shot goes from frowning to joy. Her joy before disappearing is the happiest and purest face of Yili in the whole film. The kite flew higher and higher, and Yili said, "Now I'm leaving." Yili went to pursue the freedom under the shackles of society.
In the end, when the fiance drove home, there were no tears in his eyes, but when he saw Yili's luggage in the rearview mirror, his eyes became more determined. Iranian movies always make people think, and the vague ending is like Hamlet in the eyes of a thousand people, and Eli is looking for freedom.
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