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Original title

Baranaka

AKA

Rain

Year

2001

Running time

94 min.

Country

Iran

Director

Majid Majidi

Screenwriter

Majid Majidi

Cast

Hossein Abedini, Zahra Bahrami, Mohammad Amir Naji, Gholam Ali Bakhshi, Abbas Rahimi, Jafar Tawakoli, Peiman Daraian, Hossein Mahjoub, Yadollah Hedayati

Music

Ahmad Pezhman

Cinematography

Mohammad Davudi

Producer

Fouad Nahas

Genre

Drama. Romance | Teen/coming-of-age. Romantic Drama

Synopsis

In a building site in present-day Tehran, Lateef, a 17-year-old Kurdish worker is irresistibly drawn to Rahmat, a young Afghan worker. The revelation of Rahmat's secret changes both their lives.

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Awards: 2001: Gijon Film Festival: Best Director & Best Screenplay

2001: Montréal World Film Festival: Best Film (ex aequo)

2001: National Board of Review (NBR): Freedom of Expression Award.

2001: Gijón Film Festival: 2 awards. 3 nominations

2001: Satellite Awards: nominated to Motion Picture, International.

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Critics' reviews

"Simple, but loaded. It celebrates the humanity and humanism at the heart of Iran's remarkable flow of films, but it's also more of a rebuke to materialistic values than any ideologue could ever hope to be."

Jay Carr: Boston Globe
"A superlative work, offering a rich emotional experience that at the same time calls attention to the seemingly endless suffering of the Afghan people."

Kevin Thomas: Los Angeles Times
"It's an elliptical tragedy in which the fate of its characters takes on a larger significance while never losing its intimacy."

Peter Rainer: New York Magazine
"The lovely clarity of this story, which seems to have been drawn from the literature of an earlier age, is well served by the artful subtlety of the telling"

Dana Stevens: The New York Times
"As in Chaplin's films, humor and tragedy dance a wonderful tango throughout the movie. Baran is heartbreaking and laugh-out-loud funny, sometimes apart, sometimes together."

Desson Thomson: The Washington Post
"A film that uses beautiful tableaux and convincingly raw actors to build to a climax of shatteringly understated poignancy and power."

Michael Wilmington: Chicago Tribune
"Despite its mawkish tendencies, the film is remarkable for the naturalistic acting of its cast, particularly the simple, tenderly expressive performances of the two leads."

Ken Fox: TV Guide

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