Reza Mirkarimi’s road movie about a reluctant father with two small kids in tow won best screenplay and music prizes at Iran’s national awards before competing in Shanghai.
) is another psychological drama that nimbly teases out the meaning of fatherhood and the responsibility it entails. It risks looking a trifle placid next to the acidic social dramas and heart-pounding police thrillers that are breaking new ground in Iran, but its appeal to audiences remains. It won two Crystal Simorghs for best screenplay and music at the national Fajr Film Festival in February and will bow in Shanghai competition. .
When Jalal first appears in the village of his ex-wife, from whom he has been separated for years, he is a morose, unshaven bully only interested in his own affairs. His wife is in ICU on life support and the prognosis is not good, but he hasn’t even been to see her. In a painstakingly developed opening scene, Jalal tussles with his sister-in-law Nasrin, who has been taking care of the couple’s small children, Sara and Ali.
Little Sara is in kindergarten and is literally too adorable for her role. Like a latter-day Shirley Temple, she is distractingly cute as she humorously spreads joy through her misunderstanding of the bleak family situation. Her slightly older brother Ali is much more on target as a sober youngster who gets a lot more of what is going on in the adult world, though he’s still child enough to try to block it out.
No sooner are the three of them on the road, winding through some luscious parts of mountainous Iran, than Jalal picks up his girlfriend , who he immediately starts berating for wearing too much make-up. Though she is initially set up as a floozy, she gradually elicits sympathy for the gruff, abusive treatment she receives from Jalal and her perception of him as a liar and a cad.
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