analyzing “ambiguity” in realistic iranian movies; using reception aesthetics theory of iser and jauss (case study: about elly by asghar farhadi)

apart from its entertaining aspect, a movie can remind us of many hidden but crucial things in our behavior, attitude and thoughts. by investigating about elly (razavi and farhadi, farhadi 2009)[1], forth film of asghar farhadi, as our case study, we try to understand its aesthetic moments in a detailed way. when we consider a movie as an object and change it into a phenomenon, our interpretation becomes the source of knowledge. this interpretation comes out of our horizon of expectation, which rooted in our society and believes mostly. reading about elly as a literaty work by using reception aesthetics reveals ambiguity plays main role here. so many unanswered questions come to our mind and this help us to comprehend our perplexed life better.