Leila

Most Iranian movies I've seen so far seem to deal with simple emotions among poor people (e.g. boy looking for friend's house in the next village to return notebook). Leila's characters, freed from the struggle for survival, display a full range of human emotions and complexities. Brilliantly acted, scripted, edited.

this film is indicating a semi modern Iranian couple ,who are trying to fight with old believes &old generation.in this battle they fail cause the man is not strong enough.if you really want to understand this film you must know a lot about Iranian nowadays culture. Leila is the symbol of a young Iranian woman who marry with love but others interferer her life with the name of family traditions and customs.specially her husbands family .at the end of film it shows that every one is damaged by this interference Leila,her husband,mother in law&... the subject is some how strange for westerners,but many of your subjects are strange for easterners too!

When people speak of Dariush Mehrjui's films what comes. across most often is his ability to paint. complex relationships and emotions without skipping a beat in the film's rythm or pace. Sounds artsy right? But it's true. Leila is a movie with such compassion and tenderness that you can feel. your stomach knot with every event that Leila endures. The film is paced so well and ends so eloquently that (trust me) you don't want to be disturbed by any other sights or sounds for a long time after. Leila is a young iranian girl, in the a social throes, something that she has no choice about. Wish i could summarise the story, but saying anything will give away too much. Especially since the movie is comprised of a series of interlinked events, and any passage of time can only be measured by Leila's everyday agony.

I watched this film in the cinema 3 years ago and I remmeber it when I watch another film that Leila Hatami play in it (SHEIDA).

I think this film is one of the best work of Mehrjoi, the subject of this film happen commonly between young couple's marriage when the woman can't have a children her husband's mother force him to take second wife, and Mehrjoi show it very well ofcourse we don't forget that Leila Hatami play very well as Leila.

I SUGGEST you get this film and watch it today!

The characters and the circumstances in this movie are so well developed that it is hard not to feel just as angry, devastated and numb as Leila. You feel like you become part of a real family that has real dysfunction and is trying to get along despite it all. The few things I did not like include the subtitles, as they were at times difficult to read at the speed they were moving, as well as some of the lighting. There are a few scenes where it would has been nice to see more of the characters' features. Regardless, I feel so much more satisfied after watching this movie that any other run of the mill romantic comedy at the movie theatre. If you are a movie lover and are looking for something different, go watch this movie.