Baran Movie Review 2001

Latif (Abedini) works as a tea boy and cook on a construction site in Iran where many of the other laborers are illegal Afghan emigres. When one of his co-workers is injured, the man's young son, Baran (Bahrami), comes to take his place, although he's too frail to do the job. So Baran takes Latif's place and he must move to a more strenuous job, which he doesn't mind when he discovers that Baran is actually a girl; so Latif begins an awkward courtship while trying to keep her secret. Farsi with subtitles.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 94 minutes.
Originally from Iranian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Immigration, Mistaken Identity

Screenplay

Majid Majidi

Cast

Hossein Abedini, Zahra Bahrami, Mohammad Reza Naji, Hossein Rahimi

Cinematography

Mohammad Davudi

Director

Majid Majidi

Music

Ahmad Pejman

Other

Yadollah Najafi, Hassan Hassandust, Behzad Kazzazi, Malek Jahan Khazai

Producer

Majid Majidi, Fouad Nahas, Miramax Films