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Where Is The Friend's House?

1987 · 83 min

A quiet, patient journey through a child's eyes, filled with small kindnesses and everyday obstacles, leaving a warm, lingering sense of empathy.

Directed by: Abbas Kiarostami
Genres: Drama, Adventure
Starring: Babek Ahmadpour, Ahmed Ahmadpour, Khodabakhsh Defai

Overview: An 8-year-old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.

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Directed by: Abbas Kiarostami
Genres: Drama, Adventure
Starring: Babek Ahmadpour, Ahmed Ahmadpour, Khodabakhsh Defai

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
coming-of-age
family
isolation
morality
Places: countryside
small town
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	4
Darkness	2
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, adventure
Directed by: Abbas Kiarostami
Written by: Abbas Kiarostami
Starring: Babek Ahmadpour, Ahmed Ahmadpour, Khodabakhsh Defai, Iran Outari, Ait Ansari, Sadika Taohidi, Biman Mouafi, Ali Djamali
Music: Amine Allah Hessine
Cinematography: Farhad Saba
Runtime: 83 min
Country: Iran
Languages: Persian

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