There is a simple conclusion, the basic quality of watching a movie lies in whether one or more stories can be fully narrated, and the integrity of a story is nothing more than the completeness of the beginning development and ending narrative. In many movies, the development of the plot is like a problem-solving process. All plot additions are the context and small evidence of the story, and the final direction is the ending and the truth.
In the development of "The Salesman", everything is the moral dilemma encountered in the process of pointing to the truth and the helplessness of how to face it after learning the truth. The moral dilemma includes the religious dilemma, moral dilemma, husband-wife relationship dilemma, etc. inherent in Iranian society, which are smashed to the protagonists together.
In the process of watching the movie, I kept questioning is the truth really that important? Can the hero really bear it after learning the truth?
When his wife was attacked in his own home, all peaceful life was broken, just like a torn human skin mask, even whitewashing Taiping could not hide the scars underneath. High school teachers who advocate equality, enlightened families who perform on stage together as husband and wife, and the true feelings and falsehoods between neighbors and friends are constantly being torn apart.
When I watch a movie, I always judge the characters unconsciously, and the standard is nothing more than my inner preferences. When my wife was attacked, I was full of sympathy for her, and I was noncommittal about her husband's continued protection after she was attacked. My husband and I seemed to get angry together when my wife became moody, keeping her husband away and not allowing him to go to work. The rights and dignity of a man and a husband have already collapsed since being invaded by outsiders at home, but his wife is addicted to it, constantly reminding himself that everything happened, he has understood the injured wife and no longer speaks, but reminds him all the time It was still his wife who had already happened, so he was out of anger. When he persuaded his wife not to go to the troupe again, the wife insisted on going on stage, but the test of truth and falsehood on the stage borrowed the characters' lines and finally stopped the play. It is the wife who can't get out on the surface, everyone can feel it, while the husband can't get out in the heart, so he starts to chase the truth.
In the process of chasing the truth, there will be a process of "turning towards evil" unconsciously. The so-called "evil" has never been the exclusive name of bad people, and the evil of ordinary people will carry the cloak of "goodness". The husband's "evil" has the guise of seeking truth and revenge, and he considers himself a victim. But when he confronts the rickety and sick murderer, his revenge mantle gradually peels off, and "evil" seems to gradually dominate. But it's not hard to understand what he's doing from his perspective.
That's the heart of the film: the predicament.
The truth of life is never good and evil, always good and evil, the good in my eyes may be the evil in your eyes, and vice versa. The predicament they suffered included the husband’s authority being challenged, but it seemed unavoidable; the wife was attacked by outsiders, but she also led the wolf into the house; This is the life made up of countless ordinary people.
Do you think everything will end when the truth is found? That is a fairy tale. Even if the prince and the princess are together, they will have to face impermanent life, so the ending of such a sentence is precisely the endless cruel truth and endless real predicament.
Iranian films are delicate and melancholy, and behind them are countless religious, social, and family predicaments.
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