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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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