Bashu, the Little Stranger (1989)

Original title

باشو غریبهٔ کوچک

Directed by

Bahram Beyzai

Genre

war film

Country

Iran

Runtime

2h

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the Iran-Iraq war, a young boy named Bashu flees from his destroyed home in the south and ends up in the unfamiliar northern countryside. A Gilaki woman named Naii takes him in despite the language and cultural barriers between them.

melancholicgentlethoughtfulslowtendergroundedemotionalquiet

What happens

[[]] Bashu, the Little Stranger (Persian: باشو غریبه کوچک, romanized: Bashu, Gharibeye Koochak), is a 1986 Iranian drama film directed by Bahram Beizai. The film was produced in 1986, and was released in 1989. This multi-ethnic film was the first Iranian film to make use of Gilaki, a northern language of Iran, in a serious context rather than comic relief. Susan Taslimi playing the main character, Naii, is a Gilak herself. The cast included Farrokhlagha Houshmand (playing the sister in law). The Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) helped produce the film. Bashu, the Little Stranger was voted the "Best Iranian Film of all time" in November 1999 by a Persian movie magazine "Picture world" poll of 150 Iranian critics and professionals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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