Baran

Genre: Drama, Romance

Runtime: 94 mins

Rated: PG

Release Date: 2001

Countries: Iran

Languages: Kurdish, Persian, Azerbaijani

DIRECTED BY:

Majid Majidi

WRITTEN BY:

Majid Majidi

CAST INCLUDES:

Hossein Abedini, Zahra Bahrami, Mohammad Amir Naji, Hossein Mahjoub

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

A stunningly emotional love story, BARAN, directed by Majid Majidi (CHILDREN OF HEAVEN, SUN CHILDREN, THE COLOR OF PARADISE) follows two workers on a construction site as Baran, played by Zahra Bahrami (KINGSLAYER, TWEEZERS) hides her identity as a girl to keep working, where she and Lateef, played by Hossein Abedini (THE LIZARD, TABOO, 3 DEGREES OF FEVER) fall in love. When all Afghani workers are forced to be fired from the site, Lateef struggles to find a way for them to remain together. The Los Angeles Times says the film "Brings an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life's harshness."

SYNOPSIS

Young Lateef works on a construction site in Tehran with some Turks and a few illegal Afghan workers. When Lateef is given heavier tasks to compensate for new Afghan worker Rahmat, he resents his displacement and treats Rahmat cruelly. After one of his pranks, however, Lateef discovers Rahmat’s secret–he is a girl named Baran.

Baran

Genre: Drama, Romance

Runtime: 94 mins

Rated: PG

Release Date: 2001

Countries: Iran

Languages: Kurdish, Persian, Azerbaijani

DIRECTED BY

Majid Majidi

WRITTEN BY

Majid Majidi

CAST INCLUDES

Hossein Abedini, Zahra Bahrami, Mohammad Amir Naji, Hossein Mahjoub

ANGELIKA’S NOTE
SYNOPSIS

"Majidi tells his simple story with dazzling vision."

USA Today

"Plunges you into a reality that is, more often then not, difficult and sad, and then, without sentimentalizing it or denying its brutality, transforms that reality into a lyrical and celebratory vision."

New York Times

"Brings an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life's harshness."

Los Angeles Times