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Baran

Name: Baran
Director: Majid Majidi
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2001
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Hossein Abedini, Zahra Bahrami, Reza Naji, Hossein Mahjoub, Abbas Rahimi

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

2001 · Directed by Majid Majidi · 90 min · Drama · Romance · 9 frames

Tagline

A journey of sacrificing own "identity" for love...

Crew

Screenplay: Fouad Nahas
Written by: Majid Majidi
Cinematography: Mohammad Davudi
Edited by: Hassan Hassandoust
Music: Ahmad Pezhman
Produced by: Majid Majidi, Fouad Nahas

Cast

Hossein Abedini as Lateef
Zahra Bahrami as Baran
Reza Naji as Memar
Hossein Mahjoub as Soltan
Abbas Rahimi as Soltan
Gholam Ali Bakhshi as Najaf
Jafar Tawakoli as Inspector
Yadollah Hedayati as Lors workers' chief
Parviz Larijani as Shop owner
Mahmoud Behraznia as Building Contractor

Production

Country: Iran
Language: Azerbaijani, Persian
Studios: Fouad Nahas
Themes: bus, rain, afghanistan, tea, teheran (tehran), iran, truck, love, crying, construction site, construction

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