The Traveller (1974)

Original title

مسافر

Directed by

Abbas Kiarostami

Genre

drama film, comedy drama

Country

Iran

Runtime

1h 23m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 49 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy lies and schemes to get the money he needs to travel to Tehran for a big football match. He does not care about who he hurts along the way, including his own mother and friends.

determinedmanipulativeunsentimentalobservationalgroundedmorally complexchild-focusedunderstated

What happens

The Traveler (Persian: مسافر, Mosāfer) is a 1974 Iranian drama film directed by Abbas Kiarostami. The film depicts a troubled but resourceful boy's quest to attend a football match at any cost, and his indifference to the effects of his actions on other people, even those closest to him. Thematically, the film explores childhood, societal conventions, and the origins of moral and amoral behavior. Visually, it affords a candid glimpse of Iranian life in the early 1970s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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