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"Baran"
2001
Directed by Majid Majidi
A moving
tale of the relationship between a young Iranian construction worker and an
immigrant laborer from Afghanistan. A workplace rivalry disappears when the
Iranian man realizes the Afghan worker is actually a teenaged girl
desperately trying to provide for her needy family. The revelation changes
both their lives as they now share a dangerous secret and possible romance.
"...it's the saddest story of love in a long while, yet liberating in the
way it instills a sense of oneness with all humanity" (Peter Howell,
Toronto Star). Farsi and Dari with English subtitles. 94 minutes.
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