Directed by Ghobadi, this film was set in Northern Iran. The film follows two major conflicts, one being Mirza's struggle to find his ex-wife Hanareh and the other is the Kurds ability to deal with attacks from Iraq while still trying to maintain a normal life. To build up to these ideas the director gives us a lot of random scenes which I feel do nothing to build on the movies plots.
First the director shows the men being robbed of everything, which seems pointless to add to the film since I feel it does nothing to enhance the plot. Next, we see that the men stop in a town to enquire about Hanareh's whereabouts and they end up playing there instruments in a wedding while a jealous man shots up the place. Events such as these coupled with how the director uses camera shot which dwarf the actors and enhance the landscape, shows a different style of directing and storyline then our Western culture is use to. Given where the director is from and his experience he does a great job filming and adding political symbolism into the film. His symbolism displays to the viewers that the Kurds will not allow themselves to be effected by Iraqi attacks. This scene is displayed when Mirza while carrying a toddler on his back steps over the barbed wire boarder between Iraq and Iran with no problem at all. These aspects of the film make it an interesting film to watch since it gives the viewer a good feel for Kurdish life and landscape, but the film I feel lacks and overall message.
First the director shows the men being robbed of everything, which seems pointless to add to the film since I feel it does nothing to enhance the plot. Next, we see that the men stop in a town to enquire about Hanareh's whereabouts and they end up playing there instruments in a wedding while a jealous man shots up the place. Events such as these coupled with how the director uses camera shot which dwarf the actors and enhance the landscape, shows a different style of directing and storyline then our Western culture is use to. Given where the director is from and his experience he does a great job filming and adding political symbolism into the film. His symbolism displays to the viewers that the Kurds will not allow themselves to be effected by Iraqi attacks. This scene is displayed when Mirza while carrying a toddler on his back steps over the barbed wire boarder between Iraq and Iran with no problem at all. These aspects of the film make it an interesting film to watch since it gives the viewer a good feel for Kurdish life and landscape, but the film I feel lacks and overall message.