Trust cinema Ebrahim Imran wrote in Etemad newspaper:
Let’s assume that all the elements in the movie “My Favorite Cake” caused it to be banned; There was no place for Arabs in our cinema. Consider the logic of the impossible assumption. Then, in a void of the mind and away from all the fringes that have an effect on the description and criticism of the work; Let’s judge it.
It was definitely the mental data of the filmmaker that made him write such a script. Based on that, the creative team may not accept such criticisms! As in the movie “Ode to the White Cow” by Behtash Sanainiha; The topic had raised interest, and the film received a largely acceptable score and generally positive reviews. There is a lot of haste in this work.
It is as if he wants to caress all the existing sufferings of the current Iranian society in every plan and sequence. Once again, I emphasize that the worldview of the creator of the work can be effective in hastening the work. Assuming that we believe the self-inflicted loneliness of Mahin, the lady of the film, who cannot bear this amount of depression in her secret; It should be asked how the background of this character is introduced to the audience to accept his next acts? (The last plans can be seen) If Mehin’s face and expression are tired and soulless, it may not be right to think of her as a woman who is close to old age.
A woman who suddenly discovers in a friendly place that she can dance and drink wine on a whim! With such friends who have been with them for several decades and the passage of these thirty years and then the departure of the children who left twenty years ago; It did not cause him to make a hole in his condition! And don’t think about yourself! Surely, the creator has created such a character or has seen the reward for it in the community. Although there are such women or men who are not few; But is it overnight and at the same time, to transform and bake a cake for a partner who has been cherishing for years? Is it believable for the audience?!
Sable a woman at such an age by any sign or symbol; It is a little far from the existing realities. Now let’s say that haste is not only in the quick introduction of characters. In filming and scene design, except at home, which is acceptable to a large extent; In the outer space, this amount of dark color does not match the passionate spirit of Mehin.
A soul that wants life. It is left in the past. that the filmmaker is as big as the chats of the street and the market; put the dialogue in the mouth of the female character; It is definitely not called the cultivation of stories. There should be a difference between what we see and hear in society, a high percentage of which is true and worthy of consideration; It has a material difference with its depiction. We can depict everything we see with no artistic delicacy; It creates a bad obstacle for the audience who sees and hears it better and more realistically.
Look at the soulless and sloganeering sequence of the guide tour or the lifeless chat with the driver who takes Mahin to your hotel (Azadi) and the type of conversation that any audience can guess! Or being in line for bread and those defective girlish movements! Although we can write a lot about these visual and dialogue problems about the woman in the film, but let’s talk a little about the man in the film who died from Hol Helim!
A man who claims in a plan that men can fall on his feet for years {…}, but this same Tarzan Tarzan, a former warrior who hates war (from those predictable dialogues), in the blink of an eye says Mehin’s invitation and loves dancing and wine. And he gives kebab (of course, dolme) and like that, he cuts the glass of wine that has been left for years to half. It won’t be long before he becomes one of the recipients! Indeed, if dance, wine and hijab were not an obstacle to arrest; What would happen to that baked cake in an uncensored cinema? The inevitable end of Farmarez, which every ordinary cinema audience could have guessed; When he was looking for a pharmacy in the night rain! It is as if Faramerz saw himself as a bright youth next to a burning fire! Yes, it seems that censorship with all its disadvantages is never recommended; It’s not so bad for some stories…!
Otherwise, the bleak outcome of Mahin and Faramarz had nothing to do with the whole of what happened in the story. No one had prevented the personal life of the two of them, which was such a painful end. In the current society of Iran, according to Pouran Dost Mahin, he is easily driven in a SUV, he eats helium, and he easily gets off at home, and if he can enter it! No, this cake was not popular with the hearts and audience; Maybe its edges; Of course, it had upset the mood a lot! Let’s not write anything about games that are beyond the borders for us; It was reminiscent of the mimics of the long-lasting “Mirror” series, and Mahin may continue the roles he has played over the years; With the difference that this time he had more time that he didn’t appreciate! Really, if Mrs. Farhadpour was still in charge of the art pages of the newspapers and they sent this story to her, would they be willing to publish it with all these faulty narrative structures?!!