Absolutely wrecked me.
This is the closest thing I’ve seen to The Bicycle Thieves, and I imagine my experience was similar to the experience of watching that for the first time in the 40s. While it presents a different situation, it also presents a scenario that makes you question your own morals, and digs into the meaning and consequences of a man’s actions, both his good and cruel intentions.
This is my first Farhadi movie, (I’ve been told I should see A Separation for ages) and it was an incredible experience watching this film. A fault of many auteurs is they attempt to conquer too many themes in their film, causing it to get over bloated. Farhadi is laser focused here, making the film’s hyper specific scenario feel totally universal. Pulling a lot from Bicycle Thieves, it also pulls from other classics like High and Low, all of which put their protagonist in a situation where he has to choose between honor, the well-being of others, and his own moral code.
The performances are all around incredible, as well as the details that brought alive the world Farhadi had created. An absolute masterpiece, I’ll be pulling for it to win the Palme D’Or.
Absolutely wrecked me.
This is the closest thing I’ve seen to The Bicycle Thieves, and I imagine my experience was similar to the experience of watching that for the first time in the 40s. While it presents a different situation, it also presents a scenario that makes you question your own morals, and digs into the meaning and consequences of a man’s actions, both his good and cruel intentions.
This is my first Farhadi movie, (I’ve been told I should see A Separation for ages) and it was an incredible experience watching this film. A fault of many auteurs is they attempt to conquer too many themes in their film, causing it to get over bloated. Farhadi is laser focused here, making the film’s hyper specific scenario feel totally universal. Pulling a lot from Bicycle Thieves, it also pulls from other classics like High and Low, all of which put their protagonist in a situation where he has to choose between honor, the well-being of others, and his own moral code.
The performances are all around incredible, as well as the details that brought alive the world Farhadi had created. An absolute masterpiece, I’ll be pulling for it to win the Palme D’Or.
