Is it just me, or does it seem like Iran is producing the best films out there right now? This story of women at three stages of life in Iran is remarkable in its impact. [Minor spoiler here:] It may be easy to see the first two stories (of women in childhood and young adulthood) as examples of the restrictions placed on women and the third (of an old woman) as the story of a woman finally free to do what she wants. However, if you look at the way she uses her freedom almost selfishly, one begins to wonder if this is truly a freedom at all.
A deeply thought provoking film which exposes the ways in which society and religion restrict the rights of women but also how women, themselves, are complicitous in their own limitations. Another example of how much talent there is coming out of the Middle East right now.
A deeply thought provoking film which exposes the ways in which society and religion restrict the rights of women but also how women, themselves, are complicitous in their own limitations. Another example of how much talent there is coming out of the Middle East right now.