Title: Sili (The Slap)
Link: www.pangeaday.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l60bW7lhRNc
Media type: Moving images
Age: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary
Language: Persian
Subtitles: English
Length: 3 min.
MIL modules and units: M4 U3, m3u3
Subject tag: Social studies, Languages
Theme tag: Women
Four people are sitting in a railway compartment, two women and two men. The train enters a tunnel. Someone kisses someone and one person gets slapped. Who kissed whom and who slapped whom?
The film is a good starting point for discussions about values, preconceived notions based on age, sex and sexual preferences. As in any good story, the viewers become involved. What we experience depends on who we are, what background we come from and in what context we live our lives. What backgrounds could have shaped the views and the actions of the characters? Are there possible scenarios the film does not suggest?