Theatrical reading, personal experience.

   Theatrical reading is fantastic. I discovered its beauty, when I played the role of (Philoctète) in French language, in the play by the same name by "André Gide" and I got a round of applause for this drama-reading. It was quite a self-discovery on my part. The nice thing too, that it came by chance, and through it, I met new good people.
     It was in the library, that I met a lady librarian who encouraged me to attend. I didn't know or read the play before. I went alone, on time, and met new people, that I didn't know them before. After getting acquainted with them, I asked them to give me the main role which is quite hard. The play is composed of five scenes. It is called (Philoctète) by "André Gide". It is based on a legend written originally by "Sophocles". The role consisted of long monologues versus two other characters. Since long time, many years in fact, I didn't read anything in French, loudly and in front of other people, completely alien to me and in addition to that I have to incarnate the character and play with my voice theatrically. The whole thing was new to me. It was quite an adventure. I succeeded to the acclaim of those brand-new friends. The most important is that I discovered a new hidden talent inside me, that waited so long to get out. I pronounced the French words too with finesse and eloquence, which was astounding to me before them. I got hooked on the experience and sure will continue to attend.
   I was delighted with the role playing. In addition, it was a pleasure to get across new Francophone good new friends. I am sure that one or two of them will be long-time friends.

You said, "Fauteuils d'orchestre"?!

   What a nice film! "Fauteuils d'orchestre", the French movie released in the year 2006, is a poem, an ode to life, man and arts. It was totally filmed in the glamorous city, Paris, which was to my mind - with all its ambiance, buildings, streets, river and people - the hidden hero of the film.

It was released in the USA under the title, "Avenue Montaigne".

   This film has won many awards. One 'Raimu' award for the best comedy film in 2006 in its first cycle and the Public award in the Athens film festival in 2007. In addition to many nominations to César award and to Oscar as a representative of France in 2007. The main character of the film, Jessica, was played by the Belgian actress Cécile de France, and for it she won, a gold Swann from the annual Cabourg film festival and a gold Raimu. The director of the film, has made a beautiful lyrical film, although she was originally a screenwriter and this film is only her third one, out of six till now. 

About the film 'Rhino season'

             What a fantastic Iranian film released in 2012 by the escaped or self-exiled Iranian director "Bahman Ghobadi". As usual my friends and I, after watching the film, had contradictory views and we divided in two opposing groups, one with the film 100% (I was in this group) and the other was not in its favor totally. The language of the film was Persian and Turkish, and our viewing copy was subtitled in Arabic. It is a poetic film full of animal symbols, scattered poetry (Rumi), though it is based on a real life story that happened around the time of the Iranian revolution, and after it. The main character of the film is a poet suffered in the prison (actually for no reason but a faked crime of subversive poetry against the state), for 27 years in addition to his wife being imprisoned for some time and raped there. After his release from the prison, he comes out as a totally different person, totally broken, with one aim, only to search for his wife. And the story goes on into complex events. The film is an incriminating declaration against the Iranian Revolutionary regime. 

Thinking about 'narcissism'!

   How many people with narcissism you have known or met in your life, and what are your memories about them? Is it good or bad or something in the middle? Is it a trait or disease? What is the demarcating margin between self-esteem and narcissism? What is the best method to deal with a person, man or woman with narcissism, laugh at him or her, befriend him or her, neglect him or her or attack him or her by mocking? Can narcissism be founded on wealth, health or success, or can it be void without any base? Is it acceptable by celestial religions or others? Is it different from arrogance or pompous behavior? Is the narcissistic person, a sociable one? Can this person be a productive altruistic individual or not? Can he or she, succeed in marriage, teamwork, or collaboration in a collective project?