Baran
2001 · Movie · PG · 90 min · ★ 7.5 · 84% critics
On a building site in present-day Tehran, a 17-year-old Turkish worker becomes closely drawn to a young Afghan worker. As their connection deepens, Rahmat’s secret changes how they see each other and what they choose to do next.
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Details
- Original title
- باران
- Years
- 2001
- Release date
- 2001-01-31
- Language
- FA
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (88 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Baran if you want a gentle, emotional romance shaped by refugee hardship and quiet everyday tension like The Color of Paradise or Children of Heaven; Not for you if you prefer fast, big-action plotting or more explicit romance payoff.
Pros: tender love story; beautiful atmosphere; strong emotions | Cons: slow, subdued pacing; mixed conviction; weak story rationale
Themes
- bus
- rain
- afghanistan
- tea
- teheran (tehran), iran
- truck
- love
- crying
- construction site
- construction
- shoe
Awards & recognition
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2002 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Non-European Film · 2001 · nominated
Cast & crew
Hossein Abedini
as Lateef
- ZB
Zahra Bahrami
as Baran
Reza Naji
as Memar
Hossein Mahjoub
as Soltan
- AR
Abbas Rahimi
as Soltan
- GB
Gholam Ali Bakhshi
as Najaf
- JT
Jafar Tawakoli
as Inspector
- YH
Yadollah Hedayati
as Lors workers' chief
- PL
Parviz Larijani
as Shop owner
Mahmoud Behraznia
as Building Contractor
Directed by Majid Majidi