The Song of Sparrows

        I loved this movie, which you may not believe since it took me so long to blog about it.
       The characters' actions often rang so true in this story. The way the boys were racing around and having a great time delivering flowers reminded me of my brothers and me bringing in groceries, and how the kids ran to their mom when they were in trouble is so true. I especially liked how the dad was always calling his oldest "my girl" and "my beautiful girl". That's my dad.
      In fact, the characters in this movie were so familiar that it left me wondering if this movie was actually made for Iranians or Westerners. But I suppose Majidi made it for whoever would watch it.
      Now, I say the characters' actions ring true, but not the characters, because really, I didn't find the characters believable half the time. I guess that was mainly due to acting. But I love those actions that are so like what we see in real life. The hearing aide getting dropped in the gunky water. The mother crying when her husband does something she doesn't approve of, and then the husband trying to cheer her up because she's making him miserable. Anytime a movie uses those true actions in the story, I think it makes the movie a million times better.