Yet again, Panahi toes the line between reality and fiction masterfully; with a short echoing his 2018 feature, 3 Faces, which is also referenced in the film.The lived reality of rural Iranian women is brought to light, front and centre. The outcome? Even more heartbreak.
It's the father who doesn't give permission because the Mollah's wife heard the girl's voice and said that if the village's boys heard her sing, the whole family would be cursed, it would be a great sin... That's why we can't see her sing.
Yet again, Panahi toes the line between reality and fiction masterfully; with a short echoing his 2018 feature, 3 Faces, which is also referenced in the film.The lived reality of rural Iranian women is brought to light, front and centre. The outcome? Even more heartbreak.
It's the father who doesn't give permission because the Mollah's wife heard the girl's voice and said that if the village's boys heard her sing, the whole family would be cursed, it would be a great sin... That's why we can't see her sing.