"We do lie, cheat & quarrel but not as much as shown in this movie".
But why would anyone think these two families the film focused on - average, flawed people under emotional stress, in tough circumstances to which there are no easy solutions - are representative of what all families/people in Iran are always like? I mean, most folks don`t go around thinking all Swedes are terminally depressed nervous wrecks given to excessive, wordy introspection just because they tend to be portrayed as such in Ingmar Bergman films. What I, personally, took away from A Separation, is precisely that in basic nature, they`re not at all so different from Europeans or Americans or anyone else - same kinds of problems/dilemmas, by and large, similarly believable reactions to these problems etc. Also, it seems somewhat strange that you picked out this father/daughter relationship as the sole positive one - after all, this Nader guy lied to her, too, and even subtly coaxed her to lie for his benefit, as well.
"The image foreigners have of Iranians & their culture is pretty much the same as Afghanistan & Iraq & Pakistan".
So, in what ways should our perspective of Iran be markedly different from that of these other countries you mention? Culturally speaking.
"The barbaric, uncivilized & unrealistic portrayal of the more religious people".
The husband in the other family was a hothead prone to aggressive behaviour, but his views on stuff appeared to be very much consistent with the more fundamentalist element in general.
"We love our family & women aren`t oppressed/-/".
While the picture usually painted of your country in the Western world indeed tends to be somewhat distorted and in certain aspects exaggerated for negative effect, a quick glance at the Human Rights Watch raport reveals a rather unflattering view of the state of civil rights and freedoms in Iran.
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan
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