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"The White Balloon"
1995
Directed by Jafar Panahi

Winner of the Camera d'Or and co-winner of the International Critic's Prize at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, this Iranian breakthrough feature tells the story of a young girl's desire for a pretty goldfish to start her New Year's holiday. Snake charmers, a distracted dry cleaner tailor, a lonely and talkative soldier and other assorted adults get in the way of her goal. With a script by Abbas Kiarostami (Life and Nothing But…). "A miracle! Profound!" (Lloyd Sachs, Chicago Sun-Times). Farsi with English subtitles.
85 minutes.