Women’s Functionality in Social Films of Iran(Analysis of Movies: "The Snow on the Pines" and "A Minor Leap Down)

Since today in social films, it can be clearly seen the examples of changes in roles, reactions, actions, and other changes that have been shaped due to social changes, especially about women, then cinema and media research have gained an important status in the studies of this area. On the other hand, there are numerous controversies about the institutionalized gender roles and the level of women's functionality, especially in family affairs, which needs to be addressed in researches of this area. In this study, by focusing on two films "The Snow on the Pines" and "A Minor Leap Down", we have extracted and done meaning analysis of the propositions of action change and the status of women in the family and compared the derived issues of the analysis of these cinematic works to find common issues with focus on women's functionality. According to the analysis and comparison of the findings, women's rebellion against the objectivity was identified as a major issue in this study. This rebellion has been construed as an attempt to change the passive state, the revolt against the customary rules governing the lives of women and the uprising against oppression in the sense of remaining in a status with no decision-making power.