Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 96 min.)) : sound, color |
Series |
Asian film online |
Summary |
The story is set during recent times in which there are a large number of Afghan refugees living on the outskirts of Tehran. Although almost a silent movie, Baran won a number of awards both nationally and internationally for the director and writer, Majid Majidi. Seventeen year old Lateef works on a construction site in Tehran with illegal Afghan workers. When he is given heavier tasks to compensate for a new Afghan worker, Rahmat, he is filled with resentment and treats Rahmat cruelly. After one of his pranks, Lateef discovers Rahmat is in fact a girl named Baran. Lateef's heart softens towards Baran, and he shows his new affection for her by doing what he can to ease the hardships she suffers at work. When government inspectors force all Afghans to be fired from the site, Lateef jeopardizes his social standing and endangers his own well being to find her |
Notes |
Parallel title from English subtitles |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2001 |
Credits |
Director of photography, Mohammad Davudi ; editor, Hassan Hassandoost ; music, Ahmad Pejman |
Cast |
Mohammad Amir Naji, Hossein Abedini, Zahra Bahrami, Hossein Rahmi, Hossein Mahjoob |
Notes |
In Farsi, western (Persian) and Azerbaijani with English subtitles; closed-captioned in English |
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MPAA rating: PG |
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Montreal World Film Festival, Grand Prix des Amériques, 2001 |
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Motion picture credits (viewed Sept. 8, 2017) |
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Online resource; title from title screen (Alexander Street Press, viewed June 23, 2021) |
Subject |
Afghans -- Iran -- Tehran -- Drama
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Construction workers -- Iran -- Tehran -- Drama
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False personation -- Drama
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama
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Women foreign workers -- Iran -- Tehran -- Drama
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Afghans.
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Construction workers.
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False personation.
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Man-woman relationships.
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Women foreign workers.
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Iran -- Tehran.
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Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Internet videos.
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Fiction films.
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Drama.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Internet videos.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Films de fiction.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Majīdī, Majīd, 1959- film director, film producer.
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Nahas, Fouad, film producer.
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Abedini, Hossein, actor.
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Naji, Mohammad Amir, actor.
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Bahrāmī, Zahrā, actor.
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Raḥīmī, Ḥusayn, actor.
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Mahjub, Hossein, actor.
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Davudi, Mohammad, director of photography.
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Hassandoost, Hassan, 1958- edior of moving image work.
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Pejman, Ahmad, 1937- composer (expression)
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Miramax Films, publisher.
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