![]() Which further confirms SOMETHING happened that wasn’t just a single random glitch with us. I debated reaching out but decided to just leave the extra points/bucks and let them remove them (because again, I was sure it was a computer glitch and didn’t think there’d be any chance of still having them 2 weeks later lol)Īnd now I see your post about recently being double credited…. We both went ahead and left the second/double credit in our accounts… we were sure they’d be removed within a day or two, but it’s almost been two weeks now and they are still there. Then it happened to him the next day, and his credit was one they manually submitted from a support ticket… so for his to be double credited seemed extra weird When it happened to me first, I figured it was a glitch that would be fixed pretty quickly. So I got 2 rewards double credited on the 30th and he got one reward manually credited on the 31st but it’s there twice also. A few days later, on August 31st, he gets a email response stating they are rewarding him for the missing credit but when he logged onto the site, he saw he also got double credited. On August 26th my husband had created a customer service ticket for a missing reward offer. The combination of traditional and modern values provides some fascinating tension to the story.Just curious because on August 30th, I had two offers pending that hit my account and they double credited me for both of them. Rahim's plight is the product of both unique social conditions in Iran (where debtors' prisons remain legal) and the global proliferation of social media, making every feel-good story into a viral sensation that can quickly turn sour. ![]() The creditor who refuses to forgive Rahim's debt or even accept partial payment may seem like the bad guy, but Farhadi finds room for his perspective as well, to illustrate that Rahim's decision-making skills may have been suspect for quite some time.įarhadi builds sometimes unbearable discomfort in small, mundane moments, from a meeting with a stubborn civil service functionary who's supposed to give Rahim a job, to the recording of a social media message from Rahim's son (who suffers from a severe speech impediment) in defense of his father. Even as Rahim grows more and more frustrated with the demands placed on him, Jadidi's performance remains grounded, and Rahim approaches every new setback with the same pained smile, determined to somehow make the best of the situation. Still, A Hero is less emotionally engaging than Farhadi's best work (including Oscar winners A Separation and The Salesman), and at a certain point all of Rahim's misfortunes become ridiculous and repetitive. ![]() As usual, Farhadi builds a movie around melodramatic plot elements that could be lifted from a soap opera, but he delivers them in a naturalistic, understated style that emphasizes the human toll of each decision and betrayal. Rahim only wants to start a new life with his fiancee and his son, but each development in the saga of his good deed brings in new people with their own agendas, from prison officials to charity organizers to Rahim's own family members. So the story unfolds, as every new incident presents Rahim with a new ethical quandary, all in service of his efforts to pay off the bitter man who guaranteed his business loan. Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Trust in the Lord, and do good dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Soon, Rahim is being interviewed on TV, and he's already fabricating details of his account, to protect the identity of the fiancee his family doesn't know about. Fret not yourself because of evildoers be not envious of wrongdoers For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. When prison officials find out about his selfless act, they seize on it as an opportunity for good publicity for the prison, to distract from a recent inmate suicide. When Rahim is presented with the bag of money, he's out on a two-day leave from his imprisonment for an unpaid debt, and since paying off his creditor would allow him to be released from prison, he's already sacrificing security for morality by giving the money back. But for Rahim (Amir Jadidi), returning the bag of gold coins to its grateful owner is just the first step in an escalating series of misjudgments, white lies and impulsive errors that slowly add up to ruin his fragile redemption. The main character of Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi's A Hero faces this familiar dilemma, and despite being in desperate need of the money, he ultimately decides to do the right thing. Usually, when a movie character finds a mysterious bag full of money, the worst thing they can possibly do is keep the money and hope no one finds out. A Hero examines when doing the "right" thing goes wrong.
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