Where Is the Friend's Home? (Khane-ye doust kodjast?) (1987)

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Directed by

Abbas Kiarostami

Starring

Babek Ahmed Poor
Ahmed

Ahmed Ahmed Poor
Mohamed Reda Nematzadeh

Written by

Abbas Kiarostami

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Ahmed's relentless pursuit

17 years ago at Mar 26 14:13

samira

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Well, after many reviews posted here, I just realized I never posted any Iranian films, being so, today I'll post a review of my favorite film of my favorite Iranian director.

At one point in Amadeus, Mozart shocks Emperor Joseph II with a claim that he can sustain a simple opera scene for 20 minutes. As amazing as that is, Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami outdoes Mozart more than... read more

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fernando

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(MU) The abstract in its reiteration, concrete in each time, sight of the hill, the zigzag trail and the boy running from village to village, is the evidence of how far Kiarostmi could go with this tiny, precious, two day story....

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An 8 year old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.

Tags: 1980s (6), 1987 (6), Iranian (6), Friendship (3), School (3), Cult (3), Drama (3), Notebook (3), (3), Streaming (1), MUBI (1), Iranian New Wave (1), 83 Min (1), Original Version (1), HQ (1), 80's (1), Teacher (1), Iran (1), Poverty (1)

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"10.1. Abbas Kiarostamin humaani draama pienestä pojasta, joka haluaa palauttaa ystävänsä kouluvihon pelastaakseen hänet koulusta erottamiselta esittäytyy petollisen yksinkertaisena, mutta on oikeastaan kaikkea muuta kuin sitä. Pojan vankkumaton moraali on jatkuvasti ristiriidassa aikuismaailman tarpeiden ja välinpitämättömyyden kanssa, mutta aluksi hieman naiivilta vaikuttava Ahmed oikoo päättäväisesti aikuismaailman kiemuroita auttaakseen ystäväänsä. Lapsielokuvien ehdotonta"