Two Women

On Thursday we watched the film for our group called Two Women(1999). I was very interested in the last scene of the film when Fereshteh was finally free, yet she seems so hopeless and so helpless. She asks her friend and the friend's husband, "what am I supposed to do now?" All of her dreams, goals, and ambitions seem lost to her and likens herself to a "free bird without wings." I thought it was interesting that in the husband's death Fereshteh's children would go to a grandfather or uncle, but not to her. It shows how men dominate every aspect of society. What I thought was most interesting was the different types of men portrayed in this film. There were men who look for their lives in a bathroom. Men who stop and stare at women in the middle of the road. Men who are stalkers. Men who stick up and defend women. Men who are traditional father. Men who are controlling husbands. Men who are distracted doctors who won't give women the time of day. Finally, there are quality caring men such as Roya's husband who want the women in their lives to succeed. I think this is an accurate description of the different types of men in Middle Eastern society, primarily male-dominated. So looking at all the different types of men in this movie was really interesting.