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Not a young woman, but still lost in my twenties, so thank you nonetheless for the video, it really helped. Appreciate a lot the use of underrated animated films.

lovely analysis! It always amazes me how much we can learn about ourselves by watching these stories told by other people. It makes you think how universal some experiences are for us as humans.

Loved your analysis. Only Yesterday was definitely a revelation that me when first watched for many if the reasons you pointed out

As a Afghan who likes and watched the Breadwinner movie and Swallows of Kabul this was an interesting watch

So on point <3

thank you so much for introducing me to these films. i had only heard of the breadwinner and im so interested in watching Flee. i appreciate your interest in these topics and your commentary on the nuances of perspectives, its beautiful and real❤️really thank you so much

im an iranian and the comedy series we all loved was (مگه تموم عمر چند تا بهاره) you must see the series

thank you

Where can get these movies please Can anyone tell me 🙄

beautifully put! i love iranian cinema a lot actually, taste of cherry still makes me think a lot about life in general. are you from japan btw?

Am i the only person that hates the animation? The characters movements are stiff and unnatural, it just looks so much worse than good 2d or good 3d

Thanks for this! I grew up in Brazil, and some of the best cinema was produced during the (right-wing) military dictatorship. Artists had to make clever use of metaphors and symbols to get ideas past censorship, which luckily to all of us tends to be pretty narrow-minded and devoid of sensitivity. I love "A Separation" and was very moved by "The Ballad of the White Cow".

Lovely video. One very small point: in English, 'convoluted' is generally an insult when applied to plotting, implying over-complicated, hard to follow and probably beset by clumsy exposition. In other words, I don't think it's what you meant to say about Farhadi's masterful storytelling. Complex and full of twists, yes, but always clear and interesting.

I have recently delved into Iranian cinema and I have absolutely loved Muhammad Rasoulof's movies! "The white meadows" is so exquisite, sad and poetic. I also appreciated Panahi's "The white balloon" very much! It explores childhood in apparently simple yet very deep way. Iranian directors are really intense.

Hello. Im a Texas, United States of America resident. I really want to watch an Iranian "sword and sandal" type movie ("Hussein, Who Said No" (2014) looks really good). I dont have any connection to Iran or her people. How can I see an Iranian film where I live? Thanks for any suggestions you have and good video.

the movie has the potential but definiely lacking of something😅 lets be honest guys other ghibli films are better!

I have only seen TASTE OF CHERRY. And to tell the truth, it did not really leave a lasting epxression. Perhaps I need to see more of them.

I feel so thankful to have found such a delicate video and I hope that you will reach a broader audience over time. As of now, you won yourself a subscriber!

Iranian films are the best.

this is gold! keep it up!

There is no such thing as a "heroic journalist." Anything that is officially approved by a regime as journalism is propaganda, and anything not officially approved by a regime as journalism is "disinformation" and therefore not journalism. If someone is promoting media to you, about anything, and it's called "journalism," someone in power wants you to hear it, and you should therefore be suspicious as to why they do.

Colonialism is based

This is the first Portuguese (or rather, Portuguese speaking) video essay channel I’ve ever seen, and I’m glad I saw it :). Portugal oftentimes seems to be very dismissive (if not insulting) of discussing racism and colonialism with so much detail, and it’s about time we change that. Beijinhos e boa sorte <3

hey just watched the video, and i gotta say i loved it and i hope you make more. i grew up in america in a place that was majority portuguese immigrants (azorean), and the amount of racism and prejudice instilled in peoples mentalities, especially regarding race even in 2nd and 3rd generation portuguese is astounding. the mentality of frowning upon any form of self criticism of ones view on race or discrimination is a massive problem, and i see it in my family all the time.

Unlike Britain and France and other colonial powers, Portuguese colonies where viewed as part of Portugal as provinces (though not equal to provences in portgul itself). Which is why it took the collapse of the dictatorship in the 1970s and the strong arming of India and china for portgul to give up most of its holdings.

I have read the book, and to be really honest, it's so hard to focus on the conflict without (seeming) to take a side, even though this is not the truth. The Estado Novo was just terrible, but the Carnation Revolution (although being excellent and actually heroic), just threw the former colonies at their own luck. To be honest, they haven't been actually freed, they just have their colonial masters changed in the context of the Cold War. If they only had made a less steep decolonization process, or even implemented policies of full equal rights to all citizens, regardless of colour and social classes, I really think that they would be thriving by now. People often say that Portugal benefited from colonialism, but just comparing a street from Maputo and from Lisbon at the 60s tells a whole different story. This whole process crippled both sides to the core; one with a terribly weak economy who couldn't rely on anyone but Europe, and another plagued with criminal factions backed by USSR or USA disguised as "saviours". I have a few friends from Angola/Mozambique (all natives), and the great majority of them told how their parents used to tell how "things weren't completely good, but not as bad as it was in the following years". Myself being a descendant of Angolans who immigrated to Portugal, I can say that the whole prejudice that some people have towards them nowadays could have been prevented at it's root, but it wasn't by pure hatred and superiority complex of the dictatorship. I mean, I don't see it like a "master and slave" matter (even though this was what actually happened in some cases, sadly). Everyone together as equals would be far more strong. The whole fault of this was the stupid years lost on the scumbag that Salazar was.

Really nice video. I'm Brazilian and living in Lisbon. As a Brazilian, racism in Portugal feels very familiar to me, it's definitely something I've seen before in my home country. But I'm white so I'd never experienced it myself until coming here. It's very eye-opening and I've realized that people don't fully understand it untill they've been thought it. I'm happy content like this is being made and that the newer generations are more aware of these issues and are more open minded. Same in Brazil. Slowly we can change and leave the colonial mindset in the past. Good luck with the channel, very interesting content!

I really advise you to read more on the colonial war. It's not nearly as black and white as you make it out to be. It was extremely messy, and riddled with nefarious foreign powers propping up local unparalleledly scruptless figures that cared little or nothing about their countrymen but for the aesthetic of caring, with the portuguese dictatorship actually being the lesser evil in all of it, as a whole, having been gradually pushed into some level of humanism in the decades prior, mostly by necessity, regardless of the cold brutality of some military and industry leaders, quickly outmatched in brutality by the proxy-war revolutionaries. In comparison, rural Portugal had become far more neglected and abused than most of portuguese Africa, since its rapidly growing industry was now the milk cow of the metropole. Regions with barely any revolutionaries and war scenarios, ended up being abandoned by the new portuguese leadership to the local autocrats, sacrificing both euro-portuguese and locals in the process, and setting course for attrocities in the decades to come, the corruption riddled lack of development seen today. Yes, the colonial wars need to be documented for the wider audience, every nefarious player exposed, the victims of the conflict remembered, the aftermaths of the war reckoned with, to the detriment of fascists and communists alike. No, this documentation should not be one sided as you propose.

Amazing Essay! I look forward to seeing more of your work, do you have a portuguese channel?

Great essay! Your channel is brilliant in highlighting unrepresented geographic areas in media while still being critical into how it's media is still represented. Very, very, well done 😊

You're doing great work here. You put in real effort it seems.❤

I don't think putting down hollywood films is necessary. Apples and oranges. I love Iranian cinema, but I also like Spiderman.

Saw this video linked on Reddit. It’s really good! Can’t wait to see your channel grow!

This was a very well researched video indeed. These movies have a different kind of storytelling to be honest, which always gives a thoughtful experience btw what was the instrumental music you used in the background at the beginning of this video around 55seconds? That really set the vibe!

This is an excellent overview of Iranian cinema, i've seen a lot of these movies and i've taken note of a few more recent ones i want to see. Thank you very much :)

thank you for the video!! im sorry i have to ask what's the song that started playing at the beginning?

The thing I see absolutely nobody talking about is that the show very clearly hates men. There is not a single decent man in the show whose status in society isn't somehow reduced. Sword father, Ringo, and the shogun's second son are all disabled, and Teigan has his hair cut off in a duel (reducing his status in Japanese culture, a fate some would view as worse than death) and it is outright said at the end of season one that "he isn't a good man". Seki is the only able bodied man of status who is in any way decent, but he is shown to be sneaky and manipulative with ulterior motives that negatively impact Akemi. At the end of the season he is referred to as Akemi's "mother", an overtly emasculating term showing that his status within Japanese culture is lesser than a normal man's (although it's not stated directly, the fact that he was allowed in the women's quarters and allowed to be so close to the supposedly virginal Akemi may indicate that he was a eunuch), and it's only at the very end when he helps Akemi escape with enough money to be free that he is redeemed, of course he is promptly killed after this change of heart. Although there aren't many good characters, the few that exist are all women and they are all shown to be victims of the evil men who run society.

Amazing video, keep it up.

Where to watch Iranian films with English Sub ?

I've felt the same about the ghibli and Iranian cinema being similar(especially Kiarostami's) :)) they're both my favorite sects of films!!

Nothing new..

I was conflicted on the ending of Io Capitano. Most viewers will know that this is most probably not a happy ending to a story, but the midpoint of a story that can go all kinds of ways. We see an exalted protagonist happy to be rescued, but the audience will probably know that the protagonists will probably enter a whole new world of hardship in Europe, since nobody wants them there, which is why it's hard to feel happy about the ending. And because so many people have told him NOT to go to Europe, deep down he may know what kind of uncertainty he got himself into. This might be the highest point in his journey, which will probably go downhill from now on. Somehow it made me think of the ending of The Graduate. Some people will feel happy about the protagonist and his love interest escaping on a bus after he tore her away from a wedding with another man; the story ends on a high. But you can see on their faces during the last frames, they have no idea what they've gotten themselves into and the realisation of uncertainty creeps in, unmaking a happy ending.

Perfect Days is wonderful. I hope it wins.

Omg u are so real for the iranian movies having ghibli feel i watched where is the friends house and i felt the same way

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I watched this episode again for that reason. My Italian family is messed up and this makes me feel better about it. I'm kind of like Carm in that I haven't had any fun and my big brother is not in a good place.

Such a well researched video! Subscribed!

I'm a bit frustrated because, like many other shows, this one not available in Canada due to licensing?

this was my least favorite episode.