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Bashu the Little Stranger

OT: Bashu Gharibe Kouchak

Bahram Beyzai // Iran, 1986
Fiction Feature // FF2013

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Story

In an air raid during the Iran-Iraq war, 10-year old Bashu loses his family and his home. He manages to escape on the back of a truck and travels from the South to the far North, ending up in a village where he is lovingly cared for by a mother with two small children. But the other villagers aren’t enthusiastic about the newcomer who, being of a darker colour, looks different and doesn’t speak their language. The woman’s husband also wants to be rid of Bashu as quickly as possible. This moving drama was at first subsidized by the Iranian government, then banned because of its critical stance towards the war and intolerance.

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Bashu Gharibe Kouchak

Fiction Feature

Persian

Iran Deluxe//FF2013


Iran

1986

120 min

OV with English subtitles

Bahram Beyzai

Bahram Beyzai

Susan Taslimi, Parvis Purhoseini, Adnan Afravian, Akbar Doodkar, Farokhlagha Hushmand

Ali Reza Zarrin

Firouz Malekzadeh

Bahram Beyzai

Bahram Beyzai, Iraj Raminfar

Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (Kanoon)

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