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8.0/10   173 votes
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Director:
Amir Naderi
Writers:
Behrouz Gharibpour (writer)
Amir Naderi (writer)
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Release Date:
3 June 1999 (Germany) more
Genre:
Drama
Plot:
Amiro is a young boy who has lost his home during the war. He spends his days by working odd jobs, until... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
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Excellent. more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Runner
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Runtime:
94 min
Country:
Iran
Language:
Persian
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Referenced in Nassereddin Shah, Actor-e Cinema (1992) more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Excellent., 17 March 1999
10/10
Author: Ali Bahar (a_bahar@yahoo.com) from Chicago, USA

The Runner was perhaps the first of the post-revolution Iranian films to attract worldwide attention, ... and very deservedly so. It set the tone for many of the films which followed: realism, child's eye perspective of the world, innocence, gentleness, set in poor neighbourhoods, exposing great disparities in wealth, resting much of the film on the shoulders of one young actor, using children's lives as analogies for (or explicit expositions of) the problems of the adult world.

Majid Niroumand (Amiro) carries the film and is mesmerizing to watch. Amir Naderi was a famous director in pre-revolution Iran and was best known, if I'm not mistaken, for Tangseer (Tangsir). I've heard that this was the first in, what has been referred to as, "the Amiro trilogy". I would be very interested in finding out about the other two films.

This film still remains as my personal favourite.

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