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Bashu, the Little Stranger (1989) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1989 · 120 mins · Persian
- Directed by
- Bahram Beyzai
- Starring
- Susan Taslimi, Parviz Pourhosseini, Akbar Doudkar, Adnan Afravian, Bashu, Farrokhlagha Houshmand
During the Iran‑Iraq war, young Bashu loses his home and family. He hops onto a departing truck and is left in Iran’s northern region, where the landscape, customs and language differ from his own. There he meets Naii, a farmer raising two children while her husband is away. Though they cannot speak each other's language, Bashu and Naii gradually form a deep bond, learning to understand one another across cultural divides.
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