An Iranian Separation

Or is it ? Being single and being a person who lives life by experience more than theory, I can't vouch for the movie totally. But I still believe that most married couples face certain strain after having been in marriage for more than five years. It probably arises from the fact that they grow used to each other and start taking each other for granted.

The protagonist’s wife even though was petrified of the arising perils in the Iranian subcontinent, knew that she wouldn't leave without her family. She kept coming around expecting to be asked to stay back. She wanted to be valued and recognized for her contribution in the household. But as fate would have it, the husband's ego knew no bounds even if it costed him the company of his beloved daughter, not that his affection for his wife was amiss. These misunderstandings only grow and grow if one wouldn't express their emotions. Love can heal and ward of all troubles.The daughter too was trying to get her parents back together, so that they could have a normal life together again.

Housemaid who came to work at the protagonist house was a typical example of a devout women who wants to help her husband in times of crisis but is bound by religion and is afraid to ask his consent for the same. The society has to come over these differences between men and women. It’s a matter of fact that one is born a man or women, how does that give anyone the right to be the head of house, right to assume tasks of maintaining the house and rights to keep a higher unrelenting ego.

In the due course while watching the movie, one does feel its such a mundane topic of conflict to end a happy 14 year long marriage.

A thought provoking movie!