Film Review: Son-Mother (Pesar-Madar) (2019) - Iran [HKIFF45]
Reviewed as part of 45th Hong Kong International Film Festival 2021 by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)
Help me reach one review per day in 2021. 2021 Review count - 18/365
Support me on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews
Iranian cinema goes dark and the sense of constant hopelessness of the country’s state of being is added with deeper unresolved misery. Such is the premises of “Son-Mother”, by feature film debutant Director Mahnaz Mohammadi and written by veteran and the assuming Mohammad Rasoulof (“Manuscripts Don’t Burn” and “A Man of Integrity”). There is a linger of sadness that seems to continuously rebound as we are shown a story begins in the POV of the mother and young widow played by Raha Khodayari and ends with the young isolated son’s POV played by Mahan Nasiri, who is required to pretend to be deaf to stay at the deaf and blind school.
I am not entirely sure what is more sad as we witness an Iranian woman trying her hardest to juggle work and life and when her job goes out the window, she is left with a brutal choice to make. Either go into a loveless marriage with the work bus driver and be apart from her son or struggles financially to feed her son and newborn daughter. What makes this film so dark and unforgiving is that there are simply no redemption and in other words, no way out of the situation.
All in all, “Son-Mother” is a difficult film to sit through as we see how poor the country have been riddled with. The gap between the poor and rich gone haywire due to the decades of wars and gender roles struggles. It is the ultimately the weakest in society that suffers the most and this is another Iranian film that shows precisely this and not for a moment, do the director nor actors allow us to rest on our laurels. In doing so, the final image of the son looking out the window and simply starring, goes a thousand miles like the breeze of constant sadness awaits.
I rated it 7.5/10
https://www.townplanner.com/event/803081/
https://www.townplanner.com/event/803081/
https://www.townplanner.com/event/803081/
https://www.townplanner.com/event/803081/
https://www.townplanner.com/event/803081/
http://www.4mark.net/story/14928075/https-www.townplanner.com-event-803081
http://www.4mark.net/story/14928075/https-www.townplanner.com-event-803081
http://www.4mark.net/story/14928075/https-www.townplanner.com-event-803081
http://www.4mark.net/story/14928075/https-www.townplanner.com-event-803081
http://www.4mark.net/story/14928075/https-www.townplanner.com-event-803081
http://www.4mark.net/story/14928075/https-www.townplanner.com-event-803081
http://www.4mark.net/story/14928075/https-www.townplanner.com-event-803081
https://surli.cc/nwjwiu
https://surli.cc/nwjwiu
https://surli.cc/nwjwiu
https://surli.cc/nwjwiu
https://diamondlnwpg168.com/
https://github.com/Pleumpi1688/Kittichaiya1680/discussions/1
https://github.com/Pongpa168/Treesup168/discussions/1
https://github.com/Rattanaatid116/Nonmkt1688/discussions/1
https://github.com/kulpan468/banonme168/discussions/1
https://github.com/kulpan468/banonme168/discussions/2
https://github.com/kulpan468/banonme168/discussions/3
https://github.com/kulpan468/banonme168/discussions/5
강남가라오케 공식 홈페이지입니다. Gangnam karaoke 강남퍼블릭 종류 모두 이용 가능하며, 강남노래방, 강남셔츠룸까지 확실하게 준비 된 곳으로 방문 언제든 24시간
https://shirtroomgangnam.company.site
강남가라오케 | 강남노래방 | 강남퍼블릭 | 강남셔츠룸 [gangnamkaraoke]
https://dailymotion.com/gangnamelite
https://shirtroomsingangnam.wixsite.com/shirtroomsingangnam
강남가라오케 공식 홈페이지입니다. 강남노래방 종류 모두 이용 가능하며, 강남셔츠룸, 강남퍼블릭까지 확실하게 준비 된 곳으로 방문해보세요.4시간 강남가라오케 예약이
https://gangnamelite.tumblr.com/
https://www.tiktok.com/dopaminekaraoke https://kalapati.edublogs.org/ https://gangnamgkaraoke1.isweb.co.kr/ https://ecostem.calstatela.edu/wiki/index.php/User_talk:Crimes120619 https://connects.ctschicago.edu/forums/users/157589/ https://www.youtube.com/koreaclub95
https://gangnamdopamine.blogspot.com/
https://carglance.mystrikingly.com/
https://inblog.ai/shirtroomsingangnam/category/%EA%B0%95%EB%82%A8-%EA%B0%80%EB%9D%BC%EC%98%A4%EC%BC%80%EB%A3%B8
https://gangnamjua.inblog.ai/category/%EA%B0%95%EB%82%A8%EA%B0%80%EB%9D%BC%EC%98%A4%EC%BC%80
https://sites.google.com/view/mondesmediterraneens/
https://gangnamjua.inblog.ai/category/%EA%B0%95%EB%82%A8%EB%8B%AC%ED%86%A0%EA%B0%95%EB%82%A8%EB%8B%AC%ED%86%A0
https://shirtroomgangnam.inblog.ai/
https://brainly.com/question/49036932
https://gangnamnoraeban.inblog.ai/
https://sites.google.com/view/mondesmediterraneens
https://shirtroomsingangnam.jimdofree.com/reservation-inquiry-gangnam-karaoke/
https://gangnamuandme.inblog.ai/youme-gangnam
https://lnlofncoweixy.wixsite.com/gangnambranchyeoksam
https://bueunsil.wixsite.com/entertainmentbar
https://www.tumblr.com/gangnamjjeom-o
https://github.com/udlbook/udlbook/issues/275
https://github.com/qw3rtman/p/issues/35
https://github.com/EllanJiang/GameFramework/issues/76
https://x.com/Montree18626598/status/1929756685591367940
https://files.fm/vzvn/info
https://hoo.be/seodiamond789
https://github.com/LeeJunHyun/Image_Segmentation/issues/99
https://github.com/selfteaching/the-craft-of-selfteaching/issues/1204
https://github.com/xiesuichao/KLineView/issues/36
https://x.com/Montree18626598/status/1929756896673853529
https://files.fm/zdghh/info
https://hoo.be/seodiamond789
https://github.com/dashpradeep99/https-github.com-miguellgt-books/issues/6
https://github.com/HoyDiamond/DiamondSeo01/issues/1
https://github.com/selfteaching/the-craft-of-selfteaching/issues/1219
https://x.com/Montree18626598/status/1929757037157929079
https://files.fm/sapdp/info
https://hoo.be/seodiamond789
https://github.com/gzc/isystem/issues/1
https://github.com/cy4nguy/PythonSimpleKeylogger/issues/3
https://github.com/openai/sparse_attention/issues/13
https://x.com/Montree18626598/status/1929757147321213059
https://files.fm/pz11/info
https://hoo.be/seodiamond789
https://github.com/rafaballerini/GitTutorial/issues/200
https://github.com/Yalantis/uCrop/issues/948
https://github.com/youranreus/G/issues/127
https://x.com/Montree18626598/status/1929757234927751536
https://files.fm/asiiisd4/info
https://hoo.be/seodiamond789
https://github.com/selfteaching/the-craft-of-selfteaching/issues/1206
https://github.com/MiRO92/uYou-for-YouTube/issues/513
https://github.com/defunkt/ambitious_activeldap/issues/14
https://x.com/Montree18626598/status/1929757312895668323
https://files.fm/pppzz78as/info
https://hoo.be/seodiamond789
https://github.com/youranreus/G/issues/125
https://github.com/youranreus/G/issues/122
https://github.com/MiRO92/uYou-for-YouTube/issues/514
https://x.com/Montree18626598/status/1929757424321446008
https://files.fm/asdzzzzasd/info
https://hoo.be/seodiamond789
https://github.com/voidint/g/issues/153
https://github.com/mit-pdos/xv6-riscv/issues/327
https://github.com/youranreus/G/issues/126
https://x.com/Montree18626598/status/1929757513316241758
https://files.fm/peloce1979/info
https://hoo.be/seodiamond789
https://snippet.host/hmbxbs
https://pastelink.net/bh8o2chr
https://www.datascienceportfol.io/truezardzidan/projects/0
https://multy.me/ZmXhW
https://bsky.app/profile/diamondsseo168.bsky.social/post/3lqoldcezvc27
https://bsky.app/profile/diamondsseo168.bsky.social/post/3lqolfbiuns27
https://bsky.app/profile/diamondsseo168.bsky.social/post/3lqolh5fshc27
https://bsky.app/profile/diamondsseo168.bsky.social/post/3lqolia665s27
https://bsky.app/profile/diamondsseo168.bsky.social/post/3lqolj3yld227
https://bsky.app/profile/diamondsseo168.bsky.social/post/3lqolk4jtn227
강남가라오케 | 강남노래방 | 강남퍼블릭 | 강남셔츠룸 [gangnamkaraoke]
https://shirtroomgangnam.company.site
강남가라오케 공식 홈페이지입니다. Gangnam karaoke 강남퍼블릭 종류 모두 이용 가능하며, 강남노래방, 강남셔츠룸까지 확실하게 준비 된 곳으로 방문 언제든 24시간 karaoke in korea