Bashu, the Little Stranger
By Bahram Beyzaie
- Iran
- 1985
- Fiction
- Colour
- 120 min
- O.V. Persian
- Subtitled in English
Original title – Bashu Gharibeh Koochak
International title – Bashu the Little Stranger
French title – Bashu Le Petit Etranger
Synopsis
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 alien land 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…
Cast
Soussan Tasslimi
Adnan Afravian
Parviz Pourhosseini
Crew
Written & Directed by – Bahram Beyzaï
Director of Photography – Firouz Malekzadeh
Editing – Bahram Beyzaï
Sound Designers – Jahanguir Mirshekari & Asghar Shahverdi
Art Direction – Iraj Raminfar
Make-Up Artist – Farhang Moayeri
Produced by – Institute for Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults – Kanoon
Restored in 4K by Roashana Laboratory
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