Underplayed Gems

Goodbye Friend (2003)

Goodbye Friend poster
Original title
خداحافظ رفیق
Directed by
Behzad Behzadpour
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
Iran
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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.

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How it feels

After the Iran-Iraq war ends, a chemically poisoned veteran sneaks out at night to a cemetery and rides a motorcycle with his dead friends before dying at home. A film crew encounters two martyrs who want to share their war memories. A young girl waits at a train station with flowers to give to soldiers who will soon die.

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