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IRAN · 1987
Where is the Friend’s House?/Where is the Friend’s Home?
Synopsis
An 8-year-old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.
Cinematic DNA
My generation, when we started making films, Ken Loach and Kiarostami were big influences. Kiarostami's Where is the Friend's House? made me think about the relationship between reality and fiction, and also about what cinema means, what it is possible to achieve. And And Life Goes On made me realize what it means to keep shooting and looking for things. He really broadened my scope, the way I thought about film.
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Iran · Iranian New Wave
28) FIPRESCI Prize for Close-Up at the 11th Istanbul International Film Festival, Turkey
28) FIPRESCI Prize for Close-Up at the 11th Istanbul International Film Festival, Turkey
24) Press Prize for Close-Up at the 5th Dunkerque International Film Festival, France
24) Press Prize for Close-Up at the 5th Dunkerque International Film Festival, France
23) Prize of Best Director for Close-Up at the 5th Dunkerque International Film Festival, France
23) Prize of Best Director for Close-Up at the 5th Dunkerque International Film Festival, France
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childhood responsibility · friendship · school punishment · moral obligation · Iranian village life
