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Release Date: 1995

Cast: Anna Borkowska, Mohammed Bakhtiar , Mohsen Kafili, Hamidreza Tahery , Asghar Barzegar, Hasan Neamatolahi , Aida Mohammadkhani, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Mohammad Shahani , Aliasghar Smadi

Categories: Movies, Family, Children'S/Family, Childhood Drama, Drama Film, Family-Oriented Adventure

The White Balloon (Persian: بادکنک سفيد , Badkonake sefid) is a 1995 Iranian film directed by Jafar Panahi, with a screenplay by Abbas Kiarostami. It was Panahi's feature-film debut as director. The film received many strong critical reviews and won numerous awards in the international film fairs around the world including the Prix de la Camera d'Or at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. The Guardian has listed this movie as one of the 50 best family films of all time. It is the eve of the Iranian New Year. The film opens in a Teheran market where seven year old Razieh (Aida... MORE

The White Balloon (Persian: بادکنک سفيد , Badkonake sefid) is a 1995 Iranian film directed by Jafar Panahi, with a screenplay by Abbas Kiarostami. It was Panahi's feature-film debut as director. The film received many strong critical reviews and won numerous awards in the international film fairs around the world including the Prix de la Camera d'Or at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. The Guardian has listed this movie as one of the 50 best family films of all time. It is the eve of the Iranian New Year. The film opens in a Teheran market where seven year old Razieh (Aida Mohammadkhani) and her mother are shopping. Razieh sees a goldfish in a shop and begins to nag her hurrying mother to buy it for the festivities instead of the skinny ones in her family's pond at home. Almost all of the film's major characters are briefly seen in this market scene, though they won't be introduced to the viewer until later. On their way home, mother and daughter pass a courtyard where a crowd of men has gathered to watch two snake charmers. Razieh wants to see what is happening but her mother pulls her daughter away, telling her that it is not good for her to watch these things. Back home, Razieh is LESS