It's a deafening movie. When I wrote my thoughts yesterday, I mentioned that I didn't dare to watch this movie. Even if I made a psychological pre-set in advance today, I still felt unbelievable and incredible after watching it.
Camus said in "The Plague" that "the evil in the world is almost always caused by ignorance." But in this film, it is more than human ignorance. This is the loss of morality and the annihilation of human nature. I have always believed in Mencius' "nature is inherently good", but since I saw more truths, I think Xunzi's "human nature is inherently evil" is correct. "Nature is inherently good" has become a false proposition in modern times. I do not deny it. The kindness of people, but I doubt the bottom line of people. The kindness in human nature is evolved from the day after tomorrow, and we gradually disenchant the evil in human nature in our constant groping for knowledge, but this cannot hide the ugliness of the human heart.
Few films focus on feminism, and even fewer manage to interpret deeply and thoughtfully. This film only focuses on a small village in Iran, but it is this small perspective that allows us to see the ignorance of human beings and the ugliness of human nature after zooming in. I used to think that it was shameful for women in rural areas to gather together and gossip about other people's families. Now it seems that men in some backward areas are more terrifying than these gossips, even 10,000 times more terrifying. Keigo Higashino said in "Malicious": "The original sin is magnified, and there is always a corner to show himself." In the film, Zanhara fulfilled her promise to Soraya and told the world about it. Haram ends up being afraid to tell the truth about Soraya being framed. However, what's the use of telling the truth, the people who caused this result have not been punished, and we still can't do anything about it. The film is based on true events, but has been denied by the authorities. There may be some political factors involved, there is nothing we can do, just like watching this movie I still need to find my own website and resources. The lynching of "stone throwing" still exists in many backward areas, and it is more used for women. I am reminded of the many lynchings that still exist in Africa and other places, and the phenomenon of "glass ceiling" in modern society. All bad habits in the name of tradition are sinful, and those traditions that try to cover up these sins on the grounds of religion and belief are ugly. I have seen a survey by the United Nations before that the new crown epidemic may set the status of women worldwide back by 25 years. I think the status of women has been lagging behind for so many years, so what is a mere 25 years.
It may be that I have a very pessimistic attitude towards this kind of thing, but I still hope that this society can give more tolerance to women. It may be that the environment where I grew up did not experience such great inequality, so now I will be more shocked and enlightened when I watch these films about women. In other words, it subverted my cognition. There is no absolute correct view in the world, but we must prohibit and resist these "evil" that exceed the bottom line of human nature. To a certain extent, this is also the meaning of the existence of the law.
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