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Bashu, the Little Stranger

Original title: Bashu, gharibeye koochak
  • 19891989
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
2.9K
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Bashu, gharibeye koochak (1989)
  • Drama
  • War
An iranian little boy is Lost from the south to northern part of the country after running away for his life, a little boy whose family have been killed during the war is saved and trained b... Read allAn iranian little boy is Lost from the south to northern part of the country after running away for his life, a little boy whose family have been killed during the war is saved and trained by a middle-aged woman.An iranian little boy is Lost from the south to northern part of the country after running away for his life, a little boy whose family have been killed during the war is saved and trained by a middle-aged woman.
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
2.9K
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  • Director
    • Bahram Beyzaie
  • Writer
    • Bahram Beyzaie
  • Stars
    • Susan Taslimi
    • Parviz Poorhosseini
    • Adnan Afravian
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  • Director
    • Bahram Beyzaie
  • Writer
    • Bahram Beyzaie
  • Stars
    • Susan Taslimi
    • Parviz Poorhosseini
    • Adnan Afravian
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    • 16User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Adnan Afravian in Bashu, gharibeye koochak (1989)
    Susan Taslimi in Bashu, gharibeye koochak (1989)
    Susan Taslimi in Bashu, gharibeye koochak (1989)
    Susan Taslimi in Bashu, gharibeye koochak (1989)
    Adnan Afravian and Susan Taslimi in Bashu, gharibeye koochak (1989)
    Adnan Afravian in Bashu, gharibeye koochak (1989)
    Susan Taslimi in Bashu, gharibeye koochak (1989)
    Bashu, gharibeye koochak (1989)

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    Susan Taslimi
    Susan Taslimi
    • Naiias Naii
    Parviz Poorhosseini
    Parviz Poorhosseini
    • Naii's husbandas Naii's husband
    Adnan Afravian
    • Bashuas Bashu
    Golshan Anooshe
    • Loghman's wifeas Loghman's wife
    Akbar Doodkar
    Akbar Doodkar
    • Marhamatas Marhamat
    Farokhlagha Hushmand
    • Sister-in-lawas Sister-in-law
    Reza Hushmand
    Hamid Rahbar
    • Marhamat's sonas Marhamat's son
    Azizollah Salmani
    • Loghmanas Loghman
    • Director
      • Bahram Beyzaie
    • Writer
      • Bahram Beyzaie
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    Storyline

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    It is 1987 at the middle of the Iran-Iraq War, Bashu, a young boy loses his house and all his family. Scared, he sneaks into a truck that is leaving the area. He gets off the truck in the Northern part of the country, where everything from landscape to language is different. He meets Naii, who is trying to raise her two young children on a farm, while her husband is away. Despite cultural differences, and the fact that they do not speak the same language, Bashu and Naii slowly form a strong bond. —Sam Tabibnia <samtab@uclink.berkeley.edu>
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    • poverty
    • amputated hand
    • war aftermath
    • superstition
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    • Genres
      • Drama
      • War
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    • Trivia
      When Na'i becomes sick and the villagers won't help, Bashu performs a zar ceremony. Zar refers to an African belief that the body has been possessed by an evil wind, and in order to be cured, a ceremony involving drumming and chanting must take place to subdue the wind and return the afflicted to health. It was brought to Iran by Africans (many of them through the slave trade).
    • Connections
      Featured in Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992)

    User reviews16

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    Top review
    9/10
    Very good movie
    I am in complete agreement with the other positive comments posted for this movie. The director certainly knows how to frame a striking visual image.

    One additional comment needs to be shared. The version of this movie currently on video (Year 2004) is very sparsely subtitled. The second hour has much more dialog than the first, but after the first hour, the subtitles grow fewer and farther between.

    Also, the subtitling does not indicate what languages or dialects are being spoken at any given time. Each line of dialog is (sometimes) translated into English for the viewer, but it is often not clear that the tongue being spoken is foreign to the other characters hearing it in the scene.
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    • Jan 20, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 3, 1991 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Iran
    • Official site
      • sourehcinema
    • Languages
      • Arabic
      • Persian
    • Also known as
      • Bashu - Der kleine Fremde
    • Filming locations
      • Gilan, Iran
    • Production company
      • Kanun parvaresh fekri
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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