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Baran
Directed by
Majid Majidi
PG
2001
90m
Drama
,
Romance
7.8
89%
90%
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In 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.
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Cast of Baran
Hossein Abedini
Lateef
Zahra Bahrami
Baran
Reza Naji
Memar
Hossein Mahjoub
Soltan
Abbas Rahimi
Soltan
Gholam Ali Bakhshi
Najaf
Jafar Tawakoli
Inspector
Yadollah Hedayati
Lors workers' chief
Parviz Larijani
Shop owner
Mahmoud Behraznia
Building Contractor
Pasha Barabadi
Inspector
Kamai Parto
Inspector
Maghsood Moghadan
Turkish workers' chief
Christopher Maleki
Hassan
Baran Ratings & Reviews
Houston Chronicle
Eric Harrison
The tale is simply but effectively told.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
The film is saved from aren't-kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that isn't faked and a stately sense of composition.
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
It reminds us of what a film can be when it's drawn from the heart of an artist who believes in the medium as something more than a product or commodity.
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
Matches neorealism's impact by showing the humanity of a war-torn land filled with people who just want to live their lives.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
At the right time of day, in the right frame of mind, Baran can and should be appreciated as a work of delicate and unmistakable beauty.
San Jose Mercury News
Bruce Newman
Majidi is an unconventional storyteller, capable of finding beauty in the most depressing places.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
A mix of gritty realism, crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in.
Seattle Times
Misha Berson
It stays with you in fleeting images of gazing faces, muddy footprints, small fires lit against the chill.
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
A far more impressive and affecting piece of filmmaking and storytelling than most movies put out by Hollywood this year, and offers, as a bonus, a glimpse into a fascinating, contradictory society.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Heartbreaking and laugh-out-loud funny, sometimes apart, sometimes together.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Baran is the latest in a flowering of good films from Iran, and gives voice to the moderates there. It shows people existing and growing in the cracks of their society's inflexible walls.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Further solidifies [Majidi's] growing reputation as one of the cinema's most gifted humanist filmmakers.
Chicago Reader
Ted Shen
The film is remarkable for the naturalistic acting of its cast, particularly the tender performances of the two leads, Hossein Abedini and Zahra Bahrami.
L.A. Weekly
Ella Taylor
More timely than its director could ever have dreamed, this quietly lyrical tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by Iran to the Afghani refugees who streamed across its borders, desperate for work and food.
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
Majidi's portrait of southwest Asian poverty is bloodless and fastidiously arranged, his regard for his thin characters negligible.
USA Today
Mike Clark
Majidi tells his simple story with dazzling vision.
Newsday
Jan Stuart
Majidi's poetic love story is a ravishing consciousness-raiser, if a bit draggy at times.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
Plunges you into a reality that is, more often then not, difficult and sad, and then, without sentimentalizing it or denying its brutality, transforms that reality into a lyrical and celebratory vision.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Brings an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life's harshness.
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
It shows us a slice of life that's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable.
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