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The Bus

1986 · 112 min

A wry, humanistic village comedy that turns a feud into a lesson about greed, feeling both gentle and pointed.

Overview
In the village of Hesar in Urmia provinces, two tribes have an old dispute with each other. They are known as Baladehi and Paeindehi. The movie tells the story of their conflicts. The Paeindehis purchase a bus after selling a salt marsh near the sea, causing Baladehis who live their lives by riding chariots (ilinka), lose their job. Disputes resume and the teacher and Pirbaba (elder) of the village try to reconcile them, but the village chief who does not want to lose his profits, makes the Baladehis buy a bus as well.... The arrival of the bus to the village reveals the fact that the village chief has planned it all to acquire more and more wealth. Learning this, the two tribes forget their dispute to punish the chief, and afterwards, they all resume their normal lives.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • greed
  • family
  • justice
  • trauma
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Yadollah Samadi
Written by
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Dariush Farhang
Starring
Hadi Eslami, Morteza Ahmadi, Hamid Taati, Hossein Memarzade, Mehri Mehrinia, Mahnaz Eslami
Cinematography
Morteza Rastegar
Runtime
112 min
Country
Iran
Languages
Persian

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