Baran (2001)

Director:

Majid Majidi

Writer:

Majid Majidi

Release Date:

14 March 2002 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

In a building site in present-day Tehran, Lateef, a 17-year-old Kurdish worker is irresistibly drawn to Rahmat, a young Afghan worker. The revelation of Rahmat's secret changes both their lives.

Plot Keywords:

Afghan | Construction | Construction Site | Love | Iran

Awards:

13 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Hossein Abedini	...	Lateef
Zahra Bahrami	...	Baran
Mohammad Amir Naji	...	Memar
Hossein Mahjoub	...	Bric-A-Brac Trader
Abbas Rahimi	...	Soltan
Gholam Ali Bakhshi	...	Najaf
Jafar Tawakoli	...	Inspector
Yadollah Hedayati	...	Lors workers' chief
Parviz Larijani	...	Shop owner
Mahmoud Behraznia	...	Building Contractor
Pasha Barabadi	...	Inspector
Kamal Parto	...	Inspector
Maghsood Moghadan	...	Turkish workers' chief
Peiman Daraian	...	Building Engineer
Mohammadollah Dad	...	Middleman in the Bazar
Asghar Ghanbari	...	Middleman in the Bazar
Hamid Houshman	...	Middleman in the Bazar
Khalil Rahmani	...	Kurdish workers' chief
Ezzatollah Bayati	...	Traveler
Sanaz Mirfakhari	...	Girl in the park
Hassan Hosseinbaksh	...	Afghan Worker
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Christopher Maleki	...	Hassan

Directed by
Majid Majidi

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Majid Majidi

Produced by
Majid Majidi	....	producer
Fouad Nahas	....	producer

Original Music by
Ahmad Pezhman

Cinematography by
Mohammad Davudi

Film Editing by
Hassan Hassandoost

Production Design by
Behzad Kazzazi

Set Decoration by
Behzad Kazzazi

Costume Design by
Behzad Kazzazi
Malek Jahan Khazai

Makeup Department
Jahanjoo Jafary	....	makeup artist
Mohsen Mossavi	....	makeup designer
Affarine Sadeghi	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Seyyed Saeed Seyedzadeh	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sirrus Hassanpur	....	first assistant director
Hassan Najafi	....	second assistant director
Behzad Rafi	....	third assistant director

Sound Department
Effat Attary	....	sound department archives
Hossein Bashash	....	boom operator
Mohammad Reza Delpak	....	sound designer
Houra Maleki	....	assistant sound mixer
Yadollah Najafi	....	sound recordist
Ali Nouri	....	assistant sound mixer
Amir Tusi	....	assistant sound mixer
Babak Valadi	....	assistant sound mixer

Special Effects by
Mohsen Ruzbahani	....	special effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Mostafa Bafroomi	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Roger La Prairie	....	colorist

Music Department
Amir Aslani	....	musician: flute
Ardeshir Kamkar	....	musician

Other crew
Munir Gheidi	....	script girl
Reza Hamidi	....	production assistant
Hormoz Larijani	....	financial manager
Fouad Nahas	....	screenplay consultant
Mehdi Sheni	....	production assistant

Thanks
Ali Moallem	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Fouad Nahas

Distributors

• Antidote Films (2001) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Cinemien (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Films sans Frontières (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Miramax (2003) (Italy) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Alamode Film (Germany)
• Alfa Films
• Antidote Films (2001) (Australia) (DVD)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group
• Buena Vista International Italia
• Cine Colombia
• Divisa Home Video (2004) (Spain) (DVD)
• Herald Film Company (Japan)
• Homescreen (2002) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Homescreen (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• LK-TEL Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• LK-TEL Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Miramax Films (Canada) (subtitled)
• Miramax Films (USA) (subtitled)
• Nippon Herald Films
• Shaw Organisation (2004) (Singapore)

Also Known As:

"Rain" - USA (literal English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for language and brief violence

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

Iran

Language:

Persian | Azerbaijani | Dari

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Malaysia:U | Hungary:14 | South Africa:PG | New Zealand:PG | Brazil:Livre | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:PG | USA:PG | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Tehran, Iran

Company:

Fouad Nahas

Trivia:

Selected as Iran's submission in the Best Foreign Film category for the 2001 Oscars.

Timely and Beautiful

I saw this film at a sneak last week. This is a film by Majidi Majidi the amazing Iranian director who's last film was "The Color of Paradise." At its center "Baran" is a love story that is about that most romantic of loves - the unrequited kind. What makes the film so timely is that in involves an Iranian who is in love with an Afghanistan illegal immigrant. The performers are non-pros and the effect this has upon the viewer is close to documentary in nature. We become involved in the Afghan culture in a very real and immediate way.