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Where Is the Friend's House?

1987 · Movie · Not Rated · 83 min · ★ 7.9 · 95% critics

DramaAdventure

After accidentally taking a classmate’s notebook home, a young boy sets out to return it before school the next day, fearing his friend will face serious punishment. His urgent search turns into a long walk through nearby villages, where well-meaning but distracted adults and everyday obstacles keep getting in the way.

Also known as Where Is the Friend's Home? · Where Is My Friend's Home? · Where Is My Friend's House?

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Details
Original title
خانه‌ی دوست کجاست؟
Years
1987
Release date
1987-07-01
Language
FA
Rated
Not Rated
Runtime
83 min
Critic score
95/100
TMDB rating
7.9/10 (431 votes)
About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a gentle, human-scale story about childhood responsibility and perseverance, similar in spirit to The Wind Will Carry Us; Not for you if you dislike slow pacing and small-stakes plots.

Pros: heartfelt childhood perspective; warm village atmosphere; simple moral stakes | Cons: slow, repetitive pacing; frustrating adult indifference; thin plot for some

Themes

  • village life
  • village
  • notebook
  • family relationships
  • teacher
  • school
  • kindness
  • iran
  • child's point of view
  • schoolboy
  • empathy
  • journey
  • +22 more

Cast & crew

Directed by Abbas Kiarostami