Even though this movie is entirely in a different language and I couldn't understand a lick of what they were trying to say, I could completely understand everything that was going on. I even found myself at times drifting away from the subtitles and just focusing on the screen. Majid Majidi does an outstanding job moving the movie along and making it clear what is happening without understanding the dialogue. At several points throughout the movie he emphasizes several emotions, comedy, and tragedy that are clear without dialogue. The comedy was obvious with things like Karim pushing the boy into the dirty water when someone yelled snake, or when he has all the different people on the back of his bike. Then there are moments when you can really see how Karim is feeling. For example when he was told he had lost his job you notice that he just looks empty and he is broken. Then when the fish fall all over the street its as if the young boys' dream were snatched away in an instance. Then moments that we see change in Karim is when he puts that rich man's new shirt on and looks in the mirror, it appears that at that moment he believes he wants that kind of life. Or when he watched his kids make very grown up decisions and Karim releases the bird, it shows that he realizes he has what he needs and it isn't material things. All of these things are presented and easily understood without even having to use dialogue throughout the entire movie.
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