| release date: | Friday May 10, 2002
Tuesday October 22, 2002 (dvd) |
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| genre: | Drama |
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| running time: | 96 min. |
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| director: | Majid Majidi |
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| studio: | Alliance Films |
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| producer(s): | Majid Majidi, Fouad Nahas |
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| screenplay: | Majid Majidi |
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| cast: | Hossein Abedini, Zahra Bahrami, Mohammad Amir Naji, Hossein Mahjoub Abbas Rahimi |
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Baran Movie Synopsis
A good-hearted but mischievous Iranian teenager named Lateef (Abedini), working as a caretaker on a construction site, provides tea and food to the Afghan refugees working illegally for scant wages. After an Afghan worker suffers an accident, his son Rahmat (Bahrami) is brought in to replace him but he is not meant for such physical labour, so Lateef is reassigned to the hard construction work while Rahmat is given Lateef's caretaking duties.
Initially resentful over his reassignment, Lateef's attitude changes when he spots a beautiful Afghan girl brushing her hair in the caretaker's room. He's taken with her instantly and sets out to impress her, and she returns his affections. But after government inspectors show up on the site, all the Afghan workers, including the girl, are discovered and fired immediately.
Lonely and heartbroken, Lateef sets out to find his beloved, which leads him to a choice that will change his life forever.
good reality and even better directoship. i loved it. thanks majid.
I thought it was a beautiful but realistic movie. So much sadness and pain, and yet so much love.
This movie was fantastic insofar as it demonstrated the implicit love and care for others in a society that is stereotypically regarded as violent.