Baran
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Abbas Rahimi, Hossein Abedini, Hossein Mahjoub, Mohammad Amir Naji, Zahra Bahrami Brand: Buena Vista Home Video DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Persian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 94 minutes DVD Release Date: 2002-10-22 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Miramax |
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Movie Reviews of Baran
Movie Review: Change of heart . . .
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a gently heartbreaking film set in Tehran, a city flooded with Afghan refugees during the time of Taliban rule in their homeland. It touches on several themes, including the plight of the refugees, and those of them who work illegally as laborers in the construction industry. Much of the story takes place at a construction site, where the central character, a young Iranian, a short-tempered lad full of complaints about his lowly status among the other workmen, gradually discovers within himself a heartfelt compassion for the refugees in the person of a girl masquerading as a boy to support the family of her disabled father, injured at the work site.
The young man's compassion is ignited by the love he begins to feel for this girl, and there begins a series of selfless sacrifices that he makes for her and her family. Though they never exchange a word in the film, she leaves a deep impression on him, and he is utterly changed by his experience. A story that is about the transformation of character, the film sometimes struggles to externalize this process, often observing the main character as he watches from the sidelines, wordlessly ponders his situation, or goes in search of the girl and her family. Director Magid Magidi compensates in part by revealing the working conditions of the men, the difficulties of the contractor in charge of them, and the unforgiving weather (snow, rain, cold) in which they all labor. Recommended for the window it opens into a world rarely revealed by the cinema or the news media.