There will be the heroes who will want to maintain their reputation for goodness and then there will be the villains who will want to be named a hero just to gain acceptance into society. Finally there will be the rest who simply want to stay out of trouble and will be deeply suspicious of both the heroes and the villains.
The pathetic situation of the shifty protagonist in Farhadi’s picture questions if there will ever be a door to acceptance into society once you are incarcerated as a villain.
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Summer Hours 2008
Nothing is sacred and permanent except that which remains of practical use.
Sentiments are better served when objects as well as relationships remain functional.
Assayas has managed to distill this quite beautifully with his lovingly intimate images of a family and an unsentimental view of the death of its matriarch.
Life just like economics is difficult to predict except that it will continue to create and destroy new objects and memories.
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