Trust cinema Mohammad Shariatpanah wrote in Etemad newspaper: Cinema crystallized by dealing with inflammatory social events and was able to attract and fascinate a large number of audiences from different spectrums of society. Currently, despite the variety and abundance of media, it must be acknowledged that it is still the best and most complete source and source for understanding the state of society. Cinematic and documentary films are made and discussed with social issues by independent filmmakers.
The trick of censorship and marginalization of social films with any approach and political or security motivation brings unfortunate and harmful consequences for the society and the rulers. The film Cause of Death: Unknown, directed by Ali Zarangar, which has been released after three years of being banned, is one of the works that shows an open and clear picture of the impact of the conditions and ups and downs of society on women, students, and middle-aged people of this fertile land. The characters of the film are As a result of the bitter incident that occurs during the journey and the opportunity that is provided for them to inevitably change their destiny, they are placed in purgatory and suffer from conflicts. They become internal and external, and conflicts and quarrels occur between them. This situation becomes a basis for a true narrative of the living conditions of people who are under the burden of overwhelming economic pressures, the inefficiency of managers, their backs are broken, and their identity and dignity are exposed to destruction and collapse.
The story of the movie Cause of Death: Unknown is narrated on the road in less than half a day. The director has been able to present a vivid narrative of the living conditions of different strata of people, especially the youth, with a coherent script with regular characterization, intelligent games, believable atmosphere, and the use of locations suitable for the story.With an implicit reference to people’s protests in 1978, 1988, 1998, the destructive effects of the Bam earthquake, the devaluation of the currency, foreign relations, immigration, revenge, smuggling, poverty, etc., the film presents a vivid and shocking picture of the crises in society.
The narrator of the film is the people who, in order to survive and relieve their pain and sorrow, have to make choices that are far from their human and national character and morals, and regret and regret wave in their faces. The distinguishing feature of Ali Zarangar’s first film as a director with works of this kind is to deal with people who have been brought to a dead end and helplessness by the course of affairs and the requirements of the environment that governs their living society and are practically caught in a gradual death. People who seem to have escaped purgatory, who at the end of the film encounter a woman and a young girl who have a far more bitter fate ahead of them.