I feel itโs important to talk about the complex issues affecting us. And these are complex issues. I think itโs insulting to an audience to make them sit and watch a film and then give them a message in one sentence.
Asghar FarhadiI always thought that in the countries that the modernity kicks in later, it seems that everything changes on the surface, the physical things change, but inside, things haven't changed, really. This is always the challenge of this kind of community, to make a harmony between the cultural traditions and the modernity of modern life.
Asghar FarhadiWhen we talk about self-confrontations, we are speaking about moral issues rather than social issues.
Asghar FarhadiWhenever I write a part, I think there's this person somewhere in the world that this part is specifically for and all I have to do is go searching to find that particular individual.
Asghar FarhadiWhether we like it or not, the modernity is something that comes from Western countries, and when the modernity comes to the Eastern countries, although they feel like they really need it, at the same time it shakes the very fundament of the culture - there is always this challenge between the two.
Asghar Farhadi