A review of " The loser" a short film Directed by Mehdi Haselpour

A familiar result of a familiar story;

Unknown happiness, miserable people. Iranian feature cinema in an official form and... These are not the keywords of Instagram or SEO to increase visits. That’s Everything that can be seen in the work of Mehdi Haselpour.

The most important part of the movie for me was where, for the first time, we can see the conflict between a man and a woman, which is clearly the cause of birth of the child. A scene that reminded many of the images of world cinema and its leading filmmakers. You will definitely be reminded of Gaspar Noe or even the hallucinatory atmosphere that we have seen in many similar films. we see the narrative with our eyes and events and our brain understands it. By the way, its formal idea is also correct because both men and women are delusional and run to find medicine apart from the basic necessities. But I froze somewhere that this idea gave its place to the usual narration, like in other movies. I did not understand why those images were all of the sudden were replaced with this ordinary decoupage. This worries me. A short film is about experiencing and throwing out fantasies. The short film is a place to be daring. This boldness was evident in the presentation of that sequence but I don't know what scared the filmmaker from continuing the same path. If this is because it is annoying, which also suits the movie itself, and the content is basically the same. From the initial caption of the assignment that was clear. If it is thought that it is not understood, I raise my hands that I both understood and got the point. Anyways, I think it's a pity. But I'm worried about scaring a filmmaker who had the courage to experiment a little.

 let's move on. The movie starts in the middle and it is not unfamiliar. Abusing a seemingly social movement to attract votes  . Homeless people, Garbage collecting, which has been narrated even outside of this country, as well as a story that is the basis of Kazem Daneshi’s film “Alafzar”  with the true story: the birth of the miserable children in the middle of the city of miserable parents.

This is what happened years ago when I read Alireza Naderi's play, it worked that time, and as time passed, it became more and more clichéd.

 This is what happened in Iran's cinema and has become official nowadays. This is another part of my concern that the entry of these cliches into the short cinema is inevitable. A social issue that is like a political issue is the strength of this film and the most important point of thought and complete performance of Loser.

The performance of both actors is really good and Darna Zarei was not only the right choice for the role, but she was suffocating the audience from the severity of his inner injury. In this previous line the scene she's looking for water and searching for a drink a conversion of physical time into mental time by challenging the audience's brain and heart, she performed the suffocation moment beautifully.

This movie does not have anything new or an unfamiliar story for us, and the narration is what we all know, but Haselpour is the artist in the class who believe that they reflect the pain of society. Even such tired and hopeless societies. So The story is known and familiar.

Only two points remain: one, what was presented from the meeting and the political issue is based on what started in a cliché and the use of the call to prayer and the name of religious groups can be seen and heard, it is strictly forbidden and the filmmaker and his people are obliged to do so. Two: maybe the loser is someone else and more time is needed until when the page will turn and everything gets clear.

Masoud Esmaili