Son-Mother (2021)
Son-Mother
”A struggling widow in Iran is offered financial security through marriage, but at a cost to her family.”
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First feature film of Mahnaz Mohammadi, an Iranian filmmaker and women's rights activist, is a good debut. 'Son-Mother' discusses important topics with a focus on Iran. Through the story of a widowed woman who works hard to take care of her two children, we see the difficulty she faces, financially and socially. Segmented into two chapters, the narrative is well built and explained, for those unfamiliar with the female situation in the Middle East. The cast does a very sensitive and strong job, as the theme demands.
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A widow who works tirelessly at a failing factory in sanctions-gripped Iran receives a marriage proposal that could mean financial security — but could also tear her family apart.
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