An Iranian film which painfully illustrates the influence of the Muslim religion, the sexism in Iran and cultural traditions on effective and compassionate communication; between husband and wife and also between employers and employees and parents and children.
A man needs to hire someone to take care of his demented father. He is separated from his wife because she wants to leave Iran for a country with better opportunities and he doesn't want to leave because of his dad. The woman he hires is pregnant and doesn't tell her boss because she knows she won't get the job. and she needs to pay the bills because her husband is a hot-head, ne'er do well.
Because of an incident involving her leaving the demented man while she went to the doctor, her boss fires her and during a dispute over her getting paid for the days she did work; she falls down the stairs and subsequently loses the baby.
This is the fulcrum of the movie's plot. It starts out with one lie told by the woman who miscarried and further added to by her former boss and then that consequence leads a neighbor who partially witnessed the altercation to lie also. And a sad and tragic domino effect begins.
Bill gave it a 10 because he said the movie was excellently focused on the harm done to the 11 year old daughter of her 2 separated parents; her suffering at having to choose and please each parent and losing herself in the meanwhile. I gave it a 7 because i thought the cascade of consequences from the dishonesty eventually dissolved into soap opera-ness.
Sounds like you have watched too many movies.
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