Directed by Dariush Mehrjui
Watching the movie we could say a lot about the ideological intentions of its director. The film seems to be about the decadence of the old priviledge classes, their difficulty to adapt to the new reality, the way they oppress the working class above them, a working class that is struggling to survive and to keep its dignity. Also about the traditional male roles that are weakening, and about the science that is failing to give the solutions that promised.
No matter of how many levels the film hits on, is its strong cinematic power that makes it so good, it escalates at the second part, it becomes intense and almost heartbreaking, as we follow the desperation of the common man, a drama that it ends with a femicide, as the slaves once more harm themselves instead of hit back to their rulers. One more great moment of the pro-revolution Iranian
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