An 8-year-old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.
Where Is The Friend's House?
A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the...
Taste of Cherry
Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre until they come up with an idea: they will share...
Children of Heaven
This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the...
Close-Up
After the earthquake of Guilan, a film director and his son travel to the devastated area to search for the actors from the movie the director made...
Life, and Nothing More…
A shy, withdrawn boy has his heart on being in the school theater group, but the only role offered to him is that of a crab.
Crab
A young orphan named Amiro lives alone in an abandoned tanker in the Iranian port city of Abadan. He survives by shining shoes, selling water, and...
The Runner
The Rook made in 1974 is the establishment of sadeghi’s style in reference to Persian painting and miniature. The chess board act as witness to...
The Rook
During the Iran-Iraq War, young Bashu loses his home and family. Orphaned, he sneaks into a truck leaving the area, and gets off in the Northern...
Bashu, the Little Stranger
Hassan Darabi, a troublesome, amoral 10-year-old boy in a small Iranian town wishes to see the Iran national football team play an important match in...
The Traveler
Young male students at a local Iranian school are asked about their feelings on homework.
Homework
A man, unable to hitch a ride back to his broken-down car with a new tire, rolls it back to his car while running.
Solution No. 1
An old man with a hearing aid tires of listening to the noises of the town. But when he takes his aid out he can't hear his grandchildren coming to...
The Chorus
In a bazaar, a poor young boy sees precious stones behind the shop window. The merchant invites him to enter, then takes him to the mountain, where...
The Jewel Mountain
A lonely old man takes to terrorizing the kids who build a football pitch next to his house.
Uncle Moustache
The story is about a doll named Amo Pumble who teaches children how to live in society by reading a magic book to children.
Uncle Pumble
"A humorous slice of educational instruction on refurbishing and painting" (MoMA).
How to Make Use of Leisure Time: Painting
Set on the southern coast of Iran, "Harmonica" begins as a young boy receives a musical present from abroad. Fascinated and envious, his friends make...
Harmonica
Sadeghi’s second film made in 1972, advances his style by accentuating on modern usage of Persian miniatures. The story gets along with the...
Flower Storm
The hard daily life of a kid working in a photo shop while trying to get closer to the girl he likes.
Experience
