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Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation

Speak Lesson 75 | A Separation, Part 4

Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation

Chai & Conversation

Iran, Conversation, Persian, Chai, Language Learning, Farsi, Courses, Education

4.9548 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In this lesson about clips from the movie A Separation by Asghar Farahadi, we watch a conversation between Nader and Hojjat, Razieh's husband, about potential work Hojjat will be doing for Nader. We're joined in this episode by friend of the show, Yara Elmjouie.

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0:00.0

Learn Persian with Chaiang Conversation.

0:02.7

A separation with Yara Elm welcome back to part four of our separation series.

0:39.5

Salam Lela John, thanks for having me.

0:41.7

Excited to, you know, we're working our way through this.

0:44.5

I know. I'm excited because today we get to introduce a new character.

0:47.6

So far, it's just been Pymond Mo many with these women, which this movie does pass the

0:52.4

Betchinal test if anyone knows what that is. Do you know what

0:55.3

that is, Yara? Yes, it is like female representation in films and, you know, how the women

1:01.9

characters are basically depicted. So the three rules is that two women characters talk to each other,

1:08.5

have more than like one sentence that, like talk to one another.

1:12.6

And then the second is that they each have names.

1:14.6

And then the third is that they talk to each other about something other than a man.

1:18.4

So very few movies past the medicinal test, but this one does.

1:22.4

There's a lot of conversations happening with the women, not about men.

1:26.1

So I just want to put that out there.

1:27.6

But now we're going to have a conversation between two men.

1:30.5

So let's go ahead and listen to our clip.

1:33.4

Sure.

1:33.5

Yeah, so I'm a man.

1:35.3

I'm from the car.

1:37.1

Telephone.

1:37.4

Yeah, I'm not.

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