Indulgence is not freedom

Erika 2021-12-15 08:01:06

I like the pale and weak in the historical background, but I don’t like the perspective chosen in the film. Naturally, I don’t like the female protagonist who holds that perspective. Although they have the right to choose their destiny that others do not have, they have never become the hope or hope of this society. It is a shining point, but it becomes a parasite and escaper.
Perhaps this film is not a political film, but the heroine is just annoying. She seems strong but she is selfish and cowardly. She is always living by her own temperament. She seems to be pursuing freedom, but she just drifts with the crowd aimlessly and indulges. self.
But from another point of view, the film is actually ok, the style is very good and very special, and you can also learn about Iran from the side.

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  • Salvador 2021-12-15 08:01:06

    It was a life of suffering-to make a choice for freedom, and ended up in a greater predicament.

  • Lea 2022-03-26 09:01:06

    It's a good reflection, but it didn't resonate with me. The heroine is worried that she is an Iranian in a foreign country and a foreigner in Iran - is that really true? His family was the so-called upper class before the revolution. During the war, he could still send his daughter abroad, and he went to the expensive Vienna French school. Her escape was given to her by her family, is she really struggling? She has never experienced the pain of "there is no way out". As long as everything goes wrong, it will be fine to return to China. Her parents are so enlightened that they will not ask her anything, and will arrange everything for her. It is undeniable that she is really too happy to have a family that can afford her to go abroad financially and support her spiritually. From her point of view, she goes through the pain of identity; from my point of view, it's just a groaning spoiled child.

Persepolis quotes

  • Marjane as a teenager: Fuck you!

  • Marjane's grandmother: It was my old grocer! That man put on a suit and grew a beard, and now he's working for the Government!