Movies at Dawn

SIMIN: Your daughter's future isn't important to you? JUDGE: There are a lot of children who live in this country. You say none of them have a future? SIMIN: I prefer my child doesn't grow up in this situation. I have the right as a mother. JUDGE: Which situation? [ Simin doesn't reply to him.] Hello everyone! I'm back later than usual once again, but now that another academic term has started (oof), I can continue posting regularly to relieve any stress caused by school! In times like these I really appreciate the presence of this blog, it's one of the few things that genuinely makes me happy. Let's start our post of this week, A Separation by the brilliant Asghar Farhadi! Thanks for being here and I hope you enjoy reading the post! A Separation is both written and directed by Asghar Farhadi and is his fifth feature. By successfully depicting a realistic portrait of the sociopolitical texture of his country, Farhadi has become one of the notable directors o...

MR. BAGHERI: Have you lost all hope? Have you ever looked at the sky when you wake in the morning? At dawn, don't you want to see the sunrise? The red and yellow of the sun at sunset, don't you want to see that anymore?  [1] Hello everyone, thanks for joining me this week! I decided to watch Ta'm e Guilass (Taste of Cherry) by Abbas Kiarostami for this post. I've been waiting to explore Kiarostami's works for a while now, and I'm so glad to start this journey with this movie. Let's give a little background about the film and explore the characters more in-depth. I hope you'll enjoy reading the post! Ta'm e Guilass is Kiarostami's one of the most successful features ever. It received recognition at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 and won the grand prize (shared with another film called The Eel) at the end of the festival. The film is about an Iranian man's search for someone who will bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide. We f...