Half decent movie. Very crappy dialogues and seriously retarded acting by the daughter (such a kiri imitation of a kid raised outside Iran), but overall it did touch on some real subjects like Alzheimer and parents ruining their children's lives.
Kianian can hit some really impressive highs sometimes, but I've also seen him in roles that made him look amateurish. He ain't no Robert De Niro for sure!
The character build-up in this movie was terrible. I felt absolutely nothing for any of the characters. The only sympathy went to Kianian mostly because of his decease, not because of his character as a father or betrayed husband/son/brother. The woman playing the wife came off as a totally evil woman but then suddenly turned into a positive character for no particular reason?! WTF?!!
And the daughter constantly calling her father "Daddy" after calling him "Baba" multiple times at the beginning of the movie was simply pathetic.
Kianian can hit some really impressive highs sometimes, but I've also seen him in roles that made him look amateurish. He ain't no Robert De Niro for sure!
The character build-up in this movie was terrible. I felt absolutely nothing for any of the characters. The only sympathy went to Kianian mostly because of his decease, not because of his character as a father or betrayed husband/son/brother. The woman playing the wife came off as a totally evil woman but then suddenly turned into a positive character for no particular reason?! WTF?!!
And the daughter constantly calling her father "Daddy" after calling him "Baba" multiple times at the beginning of the movie was simply pathetic.
1 - Khanei rooye ab - a movie that still amazes me how it was allowed to even air in Iranian cinemas.
2 - his cameo in Ajanse Shishei.
He has some weak roles too, but generally I think he's a good actor.
As for Iranian films not displaying correctly how Iranians outside of Iran are, I'm not surprised. Believe it or not, alot of these folks do have kids/relatives outside of Iran and they say alot of stupid things. Calling their baba "daddy", general airheadedness, applying their own shortcomings to Iran or elsewhere, but never themselves... A real wonderful generation we made for ourselves...
Just walk around in Toronto, I've been outside of Iran for almost 30 years now and I'm considered a "dahati" compared to most newcomers or when in Iran!