Iranian Film: Bashu, the Little Stranger (Bashu, Gharibeye Koochak) by Bahram Beizai. 1989

Hailed as one of the masterpieces of post-revolutionary Iranian cinema, Bashu, the Little Stranger opens during an Iraqi air-raid on a small Iranian village bordering the war-front in Khuzestan. When 10-year old Bashu’s loses his home and his entire family in the raid he takes refuge in a truck that unexpectedly drives north, close to the Russian border. There he is assumed to be ‘wild’ because of his incomprehensible dialect and dark skin; only Nai, a mother of two whose husband is away for work, takes pity on him. Soon she and Bashu weave a relationship strong enough that Bashu’s traumatic experience with the war makes way for hope and trust. In Persian, Arabic and Gilaki w/English subtitles.



Jan 31, 6:30 pm @ Cantor Film Center, 36 E. 8th St. New York NY 10003

Advanced tickets available @ www.arteeast.org

General: $10, Student/Senior: $8



From: ArteEast

Reviewed/approved by 7rooz