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"Bashu, The Little Stranger
1990
Directed by Bahram Beyzai

Ten-year-old Bashu is orphaned when his Persian Gulf village is bombed. Hiding in the back of a truck, he is taken north around the Caspian Sea, where he jumps off. The people in this area take a dislike to the little stranger and deride his skin and accent. Nai, a woman whose husband is away, finds the boy and accepts him as her own son. "A pure joy in which there are absolutely no false moves" (Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times). Starring Adnan Afravian and Susan Taslimi. Farsi with English subtitles. 120 minutes.