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I Always Thought That In The Countries That The Modernity Kicks In Later, It Seems That Everything Changes On The Surface, The Physical Things Change, But Inside, Things Haven't Changed, Really. This Is Always The Challenge Of This Kind Of Community, To Make A Harmony Between The Cultural Traditions And The Modernity Of Modern Life.

The Fact Is I'm Not Making A Film In Order To Draw Pictures Or Make Images About Iran.

I Tend To Jot Down Moments, Lines, Interactions That Don't Really Make Any Sense. I Try And Explain These Scattered Notes To My Close Friends, And They Become More And More Logical. I See Screenwriting As A Bit Like A Math Equation Which I Have To Solve.

It's Very Difficult To Talk About Religion In Iran Because Religion Has Gotten So Mixed Up With Politics.

These Days, More Than Any Other Time, We Are Worried About Our Personal Life, Our Private Life. When We Talk About Our Private Life, It Means Our Home, Our Body Even. It Seems That When We Want To Have Calmness In This World, We Make A Wall Around Us. This Gives Us A Very Calm Environment, And When We Feel That Somebody Is Intruding Into That, It Makes Us Very Angry And We Feel We Have To Do Something About It.