Synopsis
A married couple struggled to keep their marriage intact because
of difficult decisions – to either move to another country to improve their
daughter life or to stay in Iran and take care of the husband’s father who
suffers of Alzheimer’s disease.
Types of Separation
As human, we sometimes forget that we all have some things
in common with each other. Struggles, Illness or diseases and death have no
boundaries or walls to stop them for happening. In this film, it deals with all
three and culture does influence some decisions but not all of them. I would like to touch on one issue the film portrayed,
which is the Alzheimer’s disease.
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| From blogs.smithsonianmag.com |
I worked in a nursing home for six years and interacted with
many seniors with different reasons for their residency. The Alzheimer unit is
the saddest one to work in. In case you do not know what Alzheimer is, I will
share what PubMed Health website state. “Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one form
of dementia that gradually gets worse over time. It affects memory, thinking,
and behavior.” You see, I work in the
kitchen and it is like the lunch-lady set up but then I go out in the dining
room to clean up and have a chance to interact with the residents. Some are mentally
separate by time, memories or motor skills. It is something easy to deal for
the nurses and families.
My Review
Director Asghar Farhadi did an incredible job of depicting a
family going through some hard times. I do not want to ruin the ending, so I will
not but I will discuss some points Farhadi hit right on. I believe people can
relate to the family’s situation no matter culture they are. There will always
be hard decisions to make and follow through and this film makes it clear that
some are just too complicated to make by themselves.
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