Forushande (The Salesman, 2016, Persian) Director: Asghar Farhadi A wise man once said that we should not pass judgement when we are angry. Instead, we should suspend sentencing until we have cooled down. At the heights of emotions, our faculties are blurred, our vision is clouded, reasoning is obscured by raging hormones. Sometimes, there is pressure from without to act or set an example out of a scapegoat! And there would be a group who would insist that God's justice must be done on Earth, so as not to incur His wrath. It is funny how the bar always changes when the affected party is our own flesh and bone. And how we ask for leniency when the offending is our kin! Perhaps if we could be in the shoes of the other, we would realise how, sometimes, things are just not so black or white. This is exactly what advocates against capital punishments are trying to say. In keeping with the Iranian tradition of making simple movies with profound meanings, 'The Salesman' ...
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