my favourite animated film in years. i went in thinking it would be making political statements about iranian misgovernance, but that turned out only partially true, and there were points while watching the film when i thought, boy are those ayatollahs going to be pissed. but iran isn't really the main thing. the film actually takes an entirely humanistic view on cultural identity, civilisational dislocation. the everpresent jutting edges that come with forcefitting oneself. going somewhere and finding out that there are significant things about the place that you can never be comfortable with. yet at the same time accumulating such habits that would render you out-of-place at home. that hit a spot with me i think, but for now i have somewhere i can confidently call home. i hope i always will.
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