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丿乇亘丕乇賴 丕賱蹖
爻賴 乇賵夭 鬲毓胤賷賱 丕爻鬲 賵 趩賳丿 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 噩賵丕賳 亘乇丕賷 鬲賮乇賷丨 乇丕賴賷 卮賲丕賱 丕賳丿. 丌賳賴丕 丿丕賳卮噩賵賷丕賳 爻丕亘賯 丿丕賳卮賰丿賴 丨賯賵賯 賴爻鬲賳丿. 爻倬賷丿賴 賵 賴賲爻乇卮 丕賲賷乇 賷賰 丿禺鬲乇 禺乇丿爻丕賱 丿丕乇賳丿. 卮賴乇賴 賵 賴賲爻乇卮 亘丕 丿賵 賮乇夭賳丿 禺乇丿爻丕賱 卮丕賳 賴爻鬲賳丿 賰賴 賷賰賷 丕夭 丌賳賴丕 丌乇卮 丕爻鬲. 賳丕夭賷 賵 賲賳賵趩賴乇 賳賷夭 鬲丕夭賴 丕夭丿賵丕噩 賰乇丿賴 丕賳丿. 丕丨賲丿 賳賷夭 賰賴 爻丕賱賴丕 丿乇 丌賱賲丕賳 丕賯丕賲鬲 丿丕卮鬲賴 賵 亘賴 鬲丕夭诏賷 丕夭 賴賲爻乇 丌賱賲丕賳賷 丕卮 噩丿丕 卮丿賴 賴賲乇丕賴 丌賳賴丕爻鬲貨 亘賴 丕囟丕賮賴 丿禺鬲乇賷 亘賴 賳丕賲 丕賱賷 賰賴 亘賴 丿毓賵鬲 爻倬賷丿賴 賴賲爻賮乇 丕賷賳 诏乇賵賴 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲. 丕賱賷 賲乇亘賷 賲賴丿 賰賵丿賰 丿禺鬲乇 爻倬賷丿賴 丕爻鬲 賵 賯氐丿 爻倬賷丿賴 丕夭 丕賷賳 丿毓賵鬲貙 丌卮賳丕 賰乇丿賳 丕賵 亘丕 丕丨賲丿 亘賴 賳賷鬲 丕夭丿賵丕噩 丕丨鬲賲丕賱賷 丌賳賴丕爻鬲. 丌賳賴丕 亘賴 賵賷賱丕賷賷 賲賷 乇爻賳丿 賰賴 爻倬賷丿賴 丕夭 鬲賴乇丕賳 乇夭乇賵 賰乇丿賴 丕賲丕 夭賳 乇賵爻鬲丕賷賷 賲鬲賵賱賷 丌賳噩丕 賲賷 诏賵賷丿 賰賴 賮賯胤 賷賰 卮亘 賲賷 鬲賵丕賳賳丿 丿乇 賵賷賱丕 亘賲丕賳賳丿貙 趩賵賳 氐丕丨亘 賵賷賱丕 禺賵丕賴丿 丌賲丿 賵 丕賷賳 乇丕 倬賷卮丕倬賷卮 亘賴 爻倬賷丿賴 賳賷夭 诏賮鬲賴 亘賵丿賴 丕賲丕 爻倬賷丿賴 乇丕爻鬲卮 乇丕 亘賴 噩賲毓 賳诏賮鬲賴 鬲丕 爻賮乇 亘賴 賴賲 賳禺賵乇丿. 丿乇 賳賴丕賷鬲 倬賷乇夭賳 賵賷賱丕賷賷 賳賷賲賴 賲鬲乇賵賰 乇丕 丿乇 爻丕丨賱 丿乇 丕禺鬲賷丕乇 丌賳丕賳 賲賷 诏匕丕乇丿 賰賴 賮丕賯丿 亘爻賷丕乇賷 丕賲賰丕賳丕鬲 丕夭 噩賲賱賴 鬲賱賮賳 丕爻鬲 賵 亘賴 丿賱賷賱 丌賳鬲賳 賳丿丕丿賳 賲賵亘丕賷賱 丌賳賴丕 賲噩亘賵乇賳丿 趩賳丿 亘丕乇 亘乇丕賷 鬲賲丕爻 鬲賱賮賳賷 亘賴 禺丕賳賴 賴賲丕賳 夭賳 乇賵爻鬲丕賷賷 亘乇賵賳丿. 爻倬賷丿賴 亘賴 丿乇賵睾 亘賴 丌賳 夭賳 賲賷 诏賵賷丿 賰賴 丕丨賲丿 賵 丕賱賷 鬲丕夭賴 丕夭丿賵丕噩 賰乇丿賴 丕賳丿 賵 亘賴 賲丕賴 毓爻賱 丌賲丿賴 丕賳丿. 爻乇丕賳噩丕賲 賵 亘賴 丕噩亘丕乇貙 丌賳丕賳 亘丕 爻乇禺賵卮賷 賴賲丕賳 賵賷賱丕 乇丕 丌賲丕丿賴 丕賯丕賲鬲 趩賳丿 乇賵夭賴 卮丕賳 賲賷 賰賳賳丿. 丕賱賷 賴賲 亘賴 乇睾賲 丨囟賵乇 丿乇 賲賷丕賳 噩賲毓貙鈥屬冑� 丨乇賮 鬲乇 丕爻鬲 賵 丿乇 毓賷賳 丨丕賱 卮丕賴丿 賳诏丕賴 毓丕胤賮賷 丕丨賲丿 亘賴 丕賵 賴爻鬲賷賲 賵 丕賱賷 賴賲 亘賷 賲賷賱 賳賷爻鬲. 丕賱賷 丿乇 鬲賲丕爻 亘丕 賲丕丿乇 亘賷賲丕乇 賵 倬賷乇卮 丿乇 鬲賴乇丕賳 丕氐乇丕乇 丿丕乇丿 賰賴 賰爻賷 賳賮賴賲丿 丕賵 亘賴 卮賲丕賱 丌賲丿賴 賵 賯賵賱 賲賷 丿賴丿 賰賴 賮乇丿丕 亘乇诏乇丿丿. 囟賲賳 丕賷賳賰賴 亘賴 賲丕丿乇卮 賴賲 賲賷 诏賵賷丿 亘丕 賴賲賰丕乇丕賳卮 丕爻鬲. 氐亘丨 賮乇丿丕貙 丕賱賷 賯氐丿 亘丕夭诏卮鬲 亘賴 鬲賴乇丕賳 乇丕 丿丕乇丿 丕賲丕...
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丕氐睾乇 賮乇賴丕丿蹖
6听books33听followersAsghar Farhadi
鬲丨氐蹖賱丕鬲
讴丕乇卮賳丕爻蹖 乇卮鬲賴 鬲卅丕鬲乇 丕夭 丿丕賳卮讴丿賴 賴賳乇賴丕蹖 夭蹖亘丕蹖 丿丕賳卮诏丕賴 鬲賴乇丕賳.
讴丕乇卮賳丕爻蹖鈥屫ж必簇� 乇卮鬲賴 鬲卅丕鬲乇 丕夭 丿丕賳卮诏丕賴 鬲乇亘蹖鬲 賲丿乇爻.
賮蹖賱賲賳丕賲賴鈥屬嗁堐屫� 賵 讴丕乇诏乇丿丕賳 爻蹖賳丕蹖 丕蹖乇丕賳
賮蹖賱賲鈥屬囏� (賮蹖賱賲賳丕賲賴鈥屬嗁堐屫驰�):
丿乇亘丕乇賴鈥屰� 丕賱蹖
趩赖丕乇卮賳亘赖鈥屫迟堌臂�
卮賴乇 夭賷亘丕
乇賯氐 丿乇 睾亘丕乇
賮蹖賱賲鈥屬囏� (讴丕乇诏乇丿丕賳蹖):
丿乇亘丕乇賴鈥屰� 丕賱蹖
趩赖丕乇卮賳亘赖鈥屫迟堌臂�
丿丕蹖乇賴 夭賳诏蹖
讴賳毓丕賳 (賴賲乇丕賴 賲丕賳蹖 丨賯蹖賯蹖)
卮賴乇 夭賷亘丕
乇賯氐 丿乇 睾亘丕乇
丕乇鬲賮丕毓 倬爻鬲 (賴賲乇丕賴 丕亘乇丕賴蹖賲 丨丕鬲賲蹖 讴蹖丕) 賭
鬲丨氐蹖賱丕鬲
讴丕乇卮賳丕爻蹖 乇卮鬲賴 鬲卅丕鬲乇 丕夭 丿丕賳卮讴丿賴 賴賳乇賴丕蹖 夭蹖亘丕蹖 丿丕賳卮诏丕賴 鬲賴乇丕賳.
讴丕乇卮賳丕爻蹖鈥屫ж必簇� 乇卮鬲賴 鬲卅丕鬲乇 丕夭 丿丕賳卮诏丕賴 鬲乇亘蹖鬲 賲丿乇爻.
賮蹖賱賲賳丕賲賴鈥屬嗁堐屫� 賵 讴丕乇诏乇丿丕賳 爻蹖賳丕蹖 丕蹖乇丕賳
賮蹖賱賲鈥屬囏� (賮蹖賱賲賳丕賲賴鈥屬嗁堐屫驰�):
丿乇亘丕乇賴鈥屰� 丕賱蹖
趩赖丕乇卮賳亘赖鈥屫迟堌臂�
卮賴乇 夭賷亘丕
乇賯氐 丿乇 睾亘丕乇
賮蹖賱賲鈥屬囏� (讴丕乇诏乇丿丕賳蹖):
丿乇亘丕乇賴鈥屰� 丕賱蹖
趩赖丕乇卮賳亘赖鈥屫迟堌臂�
丿丕蹖乇賴 夭賳诏蹖
讴賳毓丕賳 (賴賲乇丕賴 賲丕賳蹖 丨賯蹖賯蹖)
卮賴乇 夭賷亘丕
乇賯氐 丿乇 睾亘丕乇
丕乇鬲賮丕毓 倬爻鬲 (賴賲乇丕賴 丕亘乇丕賴蹖賲 丨丕鬲賲蹖 讴蹖丕) 賭
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September 10, 2015丿乇賵睾 讴賱蹖丿 賴賲賴 蹖 诏賳丕賴 賴丕爻鬲.
丕蹖賳讴賴 賳蹖鬲 爻倬蹖丿賴 丕夭 賴賲賴 丕賵賳 讴鬲賲丕賳 讴丕乇蹖 賴丕 賵 丿乇賵睾 賴丕貙 賵丕賯毓丕 禺蹖乇 亘賵丿賴貙 丕賲丕 爻乇賳賵卮鬲蹖 乇賵 亘乇丕蹖 丕賱蹖 乇賯賲 賲蹖 夭賳賴 讴賴 丨鬲蹖 鬲賵 賲禺蹖賱賴 丕卮 賴賲 賳賲蹖 诏賳噩蹖丿賴.... .賵噩丿丕賳蹖 讴賴 鬲賵 賱丨馗丕鬲 丌禺乇 亘蹖丿丕乇 卮丿 丕賲丕 丕蹖賳 亘丕乇 賳賵乇卮 賲蹖 夭丿 鬲賵 趩卮賲 爻丕蹖乇 賵噩丿丕賳 賴丕. 賵 賴賲賴 賵噩丿丕賳 賴丕蹖 禺賵丕亘 丌賱賵丿賴貙 亘丕 賴賲 蹖讴 鬲氐賲蹖賲 诏乇賮鬲賳丿: 亘乇丕卮 賱丕賱丕蹖蹖 賲蹖 禺賵賳蹖賲 鬲丕 亘禺賵丕亘賴貙 賳卮丿 亘丕 鬲賴丿蹖丿!
卮讴貙 鬲乇丿蹖丿貙 丿賵乇丕賴蹖 賵 賴賲賴 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲 賲毓賱賯 丕蹖賳 趩賳蹖賳蹖 讴賴 賴賲賴 賲丕 賴丕 鬲賵 夭賳丿诏蹖賲賵賳 鬲噩乇亘賴 丕卮 讴乇丿蹖賲貙 鬲賵 丕蹖賳 賮蹖賱賲 倬乇乇賳诏 鬲乇 丕夭 賴賲蹖卮賴 馗賴賵乇 賲蹖 讴賳賳. 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賴賲蹖卮賴 賵 丿乇 倬丕爻禺 亘賴 賴乇 爻賵丕賱蹖 賲乇丿丿 丕賳丿. 賵 丨賯 丿丕乇賳丿. 夭賳丿诏蹖 倬蹖趩蹖丿賴 鬲乇 丕夭 丕賵賳蹖賴 讴賴 亘禺賵丕蹖賲 乇丕噩毓亘賴 乇蹖夭 鬲乇蹖賳 鬲丕 讴賱蹖 鬲乇蹖賳 賲爻丕卅賱卮 賲胤賲卅賳 亘丕卮蹖賲. 賴賲蹖賳 鬲乇丿蹖丿 賴丕蹖 乇賵丕賳蹖 讴賳賳丿賴 乇賵 賲蹖卮賴 鬲賵 噩丿丕蹖蹖 賳丕丿乇 丕夭 爻蹖賲蹖賳 賴賲 丿蹖丿.
倬.賳: 蹖丕丿賲賴 丕賵賳 賲賵賯賴 賴丕 賴賲卮 丕賮爻賵爻 賲蹖 禺賵乇丿賲. 賲爻丕賮乇鬲蹖 讴賴 丕賵賳賯丿乇 卮丕丿 賵 賲賮乇丨 亘賵丿貙 亘賴 亘丿鬲乇蹖賳 卮讴賱 賲賲讴賳 倬丕蹖丕賳 倬匕蹖乇賮鬲.
丕蹖賳讴賴 賳蹖鬲 爻倬蹖丿賴 丕夭 賴賲賴 丕賵賳 讴鬲賲丕賳 讴丕乇蹖 賴丕 賵 丿乇賵睾 賴丕貙 賵丕賯毓丕 禺蹖乇 亘賵丿賴貙 丕賲丕 爻乇賳賵卮鬲蹖 乇賵 亘乇丕蹖 丕賱蹖 乇賯賲 賲蹖 夭賳賴 讴賴 丨鬲蹖 鬲賵 賲禺蹖賱賴 丕卮 賴賲 賳賲蹖 诏賳噩蹖丿賴.... .賵噩丿丕賳蹖 讴賴 鬲賵 賱丨馗丕鬲 丌禺乇 亘蹖丿丕乇 卮丿 丕賲丕 丕蹖賳 亘丕乇 賳賵乇卮 賲蹖 夭丿 鬲賵 趩卮賲 爻丕蹖乇 賵噩丿丕賳 賴丕. 賵 賴賲賴 賵噩丿丕賳 賴丕蹖 禺賵丕亘 丌賱賵丿賴貙 亘丕 賴賲 蹖讴 鬲氐賲蹖賲 诏乇賮鬲賳丿: 亘乇丕卮 賱丕賱丕蹖蹖 賲蹖 禺賵賳蹖賲 鬲丕 亘禺賵丕亘賴貙 賳卮丿 亘丕 鬲賴丿蹖丿!
卮讴貙 鬲乇丿蹖丿貙 丿賵乇丕賴蹖 賵 賴賲賴 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲 賲毓賱賯 丕蹖賳 趩賳蹖賳蹖 讴賴 賴賲賴 賲丕 賴丕 鬲賵 夭賳丿诏蹖賲賵賳 鬲噩乇亘賴 丕卮 讴乇丿蹖賲貙 鬲賵 丕蹖賳 賮蹖賱賲 倬乇乇賳诏 鬲乇 丕夭 賴賲蹖卮賴 馗賴賵乇 賲蹖 讴賳賳. 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賴賲蹖卮賴 賵 丿乇 倬丕爻禺 亘賴 賴乇 爻賵丕賱蹖 賲乇丿丿 丕賳丿. 賵 丨賯 丿丕乇賳丿. 夭賳丿诏蹖 倬蹖趩蹖丿賴 鬲乇 丕夭 丕賵賳蹖賴 讴賴 亘禺賵丕蹖賲 乇丕噩毓亘賴 乇蹖夭 鬲乇蹖賳 鬲丕 讴賱蹖 鬲乇蹖賳 賲爻丕卅賱卮 賲胤賲卅賳 亘丕卮蹖賲. 賴賲蹖賳 鬲乇丿蹖丿 賴丕蹖 乇賵丕賳蹖 讴賳賳丿賴 乇賵 賲蹖卮賴 鬲賵 噩丿丕蹖蹖 賳丕丿乇 丕夭 爻蹖賲蹖賳 賴賲 丿蹖丿.
倬.賳: 蹖丕丿賲賴 丕賵賳 賲賵賯賴 賴丕 賴賲卮 丕賮爻賵爻 賲蹖 禺賵乇丿賲. 賲爻丕賮乇鬲蹖 讴賴 丕賵賳賯丿乇 卮丕丿 賵 賲賮乇丨 亘賵丿貙 亘賴 亘丿鬲乇蹖賳 卮讴賱 賲賲讴賳 倬丕蹖丕賳 倬匕蹖乇賮鬲.
May 14, 2019
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September 28, 2010賱丨賭馗丕鬲蹖 賴爻鬲
丕爻鬲禺賵丕賳鈥屬囏й� 丕卮蹖賭丕亍 賲蹖鈥屬举堌池�
賵 賮賭乇爻賭賵丿诏蹖 丕夭 丿乇 賵 丿蹖賭賵丕乇 賲賭蹖鈥屫ㄘж必�
賱丨賭馗丕鬲蹖 賴爻鬲
賳賴 丌賵丕夭 诏賳噩卮讴賽 賮乇賵乇丿蹖賳
賳賴 氐丿丕蹖蹖 氐賲蹖賲蹖 丕夭 丌賳 胤乇賮賽 爻蹖賲
賵 賳賴 賳诏丕賴 賲賭丕丿乇 丿乇 賯丕亘
賯丕賳毓鬲 賳賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�
夭賳賭丿诏蹖 賯丕賳毓鬲 賳賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�
賵 鬲賭賵 亘賴 丕賳賭丿讴蹖 賲賭賭乇诏 丕丨鬲賭蹖賭丕噩 丿丕乇蹖
September 3, 2024
About Elly written and directed by Asghar Farhadi 鈥� a great work by one of the greatest film makers of our time, and any time come to that, one of my two notes on A Hero is at along with hundreds of other reviews
10 out of 10
I have binge watched with my daughter, Hannah, four of the masterpieces of Asghar Farhadi, A Hero, About Elly, A Separation and The Salesman the latter is Le Client for French speaking lands, hence the different emphasis on the culprit
A group of friends is out to have a good time, and celebrate the return from Germany of Ahmad aka Shahab Hosseini 鈥� a resplendent actor, who has been essential in The Salesman as the lead man Emad, and in A Separation as the unhinged Hojjat
As is the norm with this outstanding movie maker, we will have a great, complex fresco of human feelings, challenges, a thriller 鈥� my high school professor of Literature, the fabulous Anton Chevorchian, used to say that any chef d鈥檕euvre has a crime story within, and Asghar Farhadi is clearly respecting the rule
Furthermore, To The Hermitage which is quoted again in the standard ending of this note shows how novels give readers the chance to engage in narratives that have more twists, changes than reality, and this is confirmed by Aristotle
The latter insisted on the need for revelation and reversal in a good drama, just like we have in Oedipus Rex where the hero finds that he had killed his father, then married his mother and so he blinds himself and goes into exile with his daughter, Antigone
Sepideh invites Elly aka Taraneh Alidoosti 鈥� this splendid thespian has been at the center of The Salesman, she is the victim of an assault there, and the one who tries to solve the ensuing conflict, keep her husband, Emad, in check, albeit the film will end in tragedy 鈥� to come along to the sea, with the party鈥�
We will find only gradually details of the complicated thread of the story, but, after a spoiler alert, let me give some of them in a bundle, now 鈥� Elly has been engaged for a couple of years or so 鈥� I think when the fianc茅 enters the picture he mentions three years of his life, but it could well just what I made him say鈥�
Ergo, in the beginning, she had refused to come along, although she has been unhappy with the connection, and she desperately wants to terminate this engagement, anticipating, when we will see the awkward fellow, we get her point 鈥� but eventually, she gives in and agrees to travel with the friends and their families.
There are maybe twenty or more, with children and spouses, Ahmad is single, he is divorced now from his German wife 鈥� I presume she was German, for he quotes her saying something with Shrecken and more German words, the shrecken I remember, because we used to see a film called die shrecken der medusa
Anyway, this is what we kept calling it, these were the communist days, and we had this friend, Marius Jaeger, who would bring films from Germany, what a treat, in a desert, the commies would only give you Ceausescu for two hours, at least in the final days, but the movies were dubbed in German, thus the Medusa Touch became Die Shrecken der Medusa or something like that, my German is reduced to Glasperlenspiel
Ahmad has asked Sepideh to find a suitable woman for him, presumably to marry again, and the latter thought of Elly, who is the teacher of one of her children, but this would prove to be a disastrous effort to match those two, notwithstanding the innocence, good will of the gesture, just like in the Zen Master Story
In order to digress less, I just think you should comment, and ask me about the Zen story, if you are keen on it, but moving on, the men play volleyball, women clean the place, make food, and even if this part is clearly more of the cr猫me de la cr猫me of present-day Iran, there is still that flavor, the notion that women obey
While the friends are playing, there is a cry and children come to say that one of them is in the sea, and it looks for some minutes that he may be drowned, only he is rescued at the last moment, resuscitated, and yet, the misfortune is not finished, for now it is Elly who is missing, and suppositions are made over this absence
Has she gone back to town, has she drowned, trying to save the boy, how about her bag, it is not here, but then they see that Sepideh had hidden the luggage, why would she do that, has anybody offended the young woman, it is a detective investigation now, with new clues entering the plot, and eventually, clashes occur
Sepideh is blamed and even kicked by her husband, when he finds of her role in the whole thing, nevertheless, later he is much more careful, worried for her sake and the group, and tries to support her, when the fianc茅 is informed, he arrives and then gets the made up story, he gets to some of the truth, and he bloodies the nose of Ahmad, the would be partner, pushes for more information and finally, the police calls to say that they have found a drowned woman, and they need to have an identification, and it is positive
Now for my standard closing of the note with a question, and invitation 鈥� maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this 鈥� as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se
There is also the small matter of working for AT&T 鈥� this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my mother鈥檚 two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400鈥ith retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing鈥t is a longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me know
As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is
Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works
鈥楩iction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life鈥ts actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound鈥here are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions鈥nlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed鈥hat's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense鈥s random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find鈥ew stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author鈥︹€�
鈥歅arturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus鈥�
鈥淔rom Monty Python - The Meaning of Life...Well, it's nothing very special...Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.鈥�
10 out of 10
I have binge watched with my daughter, Hannah, four of the masterpieces of Asghar Farhadi, A Hero, About Elly, A Separation and The Salesman the latter is Le Client for French speaking lands, hence the different emphasis on the culprit
A group of friends is out to have a good time, and celebrate the return from Germany of Ahmad aka Shahab Hosseini 鈥� a resplendent actor, who has been essential in The Salesman as the lead man Emad, and in A Separation as the unhinged Hojjat
As is the norm with this outstanding movie maker, we will have a great, complex fresco of human feelings, challenges, a thriller 鈥� my high school professor of Literature, the fabulous Anton Chevorchian, used to say that any chef d鈥檕euvre has a crime story within, and Asghar Farhadi is clearly respecting the rule
Furthermore, To The Hermitage which is quoted again in the standard ending of this note shows how novels give readers the chance to engage in narratives that have more twists, changes than reality, and this is confirmed by Aristotle
The latter insisted on the need for revelation and reversal in a good drama, just like we have in Oedipus Rex where the hero finds that he had killed his father, then married his mother and so he blinds himself and goes into exile with his daughter, Antigone
Sepideh invites Elly aka Taraneh Alidoosti 鈥� this splendid thespian has been at the center of The Salesman, she is the victim of an assault there, and the one who tries to solve the ensuing conflict, keep her husband, Emad, in check, albeit the film will end in tragedy 鈥� to come along to the sea, with the party鈥�
We will find only gradually details of the complicated thread of the story, but, after a spoiler alert, let me give some of them in a bundle, now 鈥� Elly has been engaged for a couple of years or so 鈥� I think when the fianc茅 enters the picture he mentions three years of his life, but it could well just what I made him say鈥�
Ergo, in the beginning, she had refused to come along, although she has been unhappy with the connection, and she desperately wants to terminate this engagement, anticipating, when we will see the awkward fellow, we get her point 鈥� but eventually, she gives in and agrees to travel with the friends and their families.
There are maybe twenty or more, with children and spouses, Ahmad is single, he is divorced now from his German wife 鈥� I presume she was German, for he quotes her saying something with Shrecken and more German words, the shrecken I remember, because we used to see a film called die shrecken der medusa
Anyway, this is what we kept calling it, these were the communist days, and we had this friend, Marius Jaeger, who would bring films from Germany, what a treat, in a desert, the commies would only give you Ceausescu for two hours, at least in the final days, but the movies were dubbed in German, thus the Medusa Touch became Die Shrecken der Medusa or something like that, my German is reduced to Glasperlenspiel
Ahmad has asked Sepideh to find a suitable woman for him, presumably to marry again, and the latter thought of Elly, who is the teacher of one of her children, but this would prove to be a disastrous effort to match those two, notwithstanding the innocence, good will of the gesture, just like in the Zen Master Story
In order to digress less, I just think you should comment, and ask me about the Zen story, if you are keen on it, but moving on, the men play volleyball, women clean the place, make food, and even if this part is clearly more of the cr猫me de la cr猫me of present-day Iran, there is still that flavor, the notion that women obey
While the friends are playing, there is a cry and children come to say that one of them is in the sea, and it looks for some minutes that he may be drowned, only he is rescued at the last moment, resuscitated, and yet, the misfortune is not finished, for now it is Elly who is missing, and suppositions are made over this absence
Has she gone back to town, has she drowned, trying to save the boy, how about her bag, it is not here, but then they see that Sepideh had hidden the luggage, why would she do that, has anybody offended the young woman, it is a detective investigation now, with new clues entering the plot, and eventually, clashes occur
Sepideh is blamed and even kicked by her husband, when he finds of her role in the whole thing, nevertheless, later he is much more careful, worried for her sake and the group, and tries to support her, when the fianc茅 is informed, he arrives and then gets the made up story, he gets to some of the truth, and he bloodies the nose of Ahmad, the would be partner, pushes for more information and finally, the police calls to say that they have found a drowned woman, and they need to have an identification, and it is positive
Now for my standard closing of the note with a question, and invitation 鈥� maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this 鈥� as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se
There is also the small matter of working for AT&T 鈥� this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my mother鈥檚 two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400鈥ith retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing鈥t is a longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me know
As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is
Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works
鈥楩iction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life鈥ts actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound鈥here are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions鈥nlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed鈥hat's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense鈥s random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find鈥ew stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author鈥︹€�
鈥歅arturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus鈥�
鈥淔rom Monty Python - The Meaning of Life...Well, it's nothing very special...Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.鈥�
January 25, 2023
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July 23, 2024
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