A Man of Integrity

There is a huge part of me that enjoys the strong themes of moral, humanist dillemmas that exist in Iranian cinema. Turmoil and long scenes of quiet, contemplative notions are abundant. The faithful characters presented to us parallel real life. Great visuals are also present; of freshwater farming, the icy northern Iranian landscapes and my favorite — the warm dips our progtaganist enjoys in his secret cave. 

Then comes the impressive ending, which swoops down a guillotine —  the true manipulative masterminds are revealed and our protaganist is left with the realization that he ended an untrue enemy through corruption, for no real gain.

There is a huge part of me that enjoys the strong themes of moral, humanist dillemmas that exist in Iranian cinema. Turmoil and long scenes of quiet, contemplative notions are abundant. The faithful characters presented to us parallel real life. Great visuals are also present; of freshwater farming, the icy northern Iranian landscapes and my favorite — the warm dips our progtaganist enjoys in his secret cave. 

Then comes the impressive ending, which swoops down a guillotine —  the true manipulative masterminds are revealed and our protaganist is left with the realization that he ended an untrue enemy through corruption, for no real gain.

How do you stay true to your society and find beauty still, how do you accomplish the foremost goal of asking fundamental questions about the oppressed and the oppressor, without extenuating.
More importantly how do you explain that the world wouldn’t last 2 minutes if Integrity wasn’t a primary value of most people ?
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*You examine humans in a place whose moral centre is at sea.

How do you stay true to your society and find beauty still, how do you accomplish the foremost goal of asking fundamental questions about the oppressed and the oppressor, without extenuating.
More importantly how do you explain that the world wouldn’t last 2 minutes if Integrity wasn’t a primary value of most people ?
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*You examine humans in a place whose moral centre is at sea.