The Runner

Year: 1984

Runtime: 94 mins

Language: Persian

Director: Amir Naderi

Drama

Amiro, a young orphan, makes his home alone inside an abandoned oil tanker on the banks of Abadan, Iran. He earns a living polishing shoes, vending water and scavenging refundable bottles. Though he clashes with adults and older street kids, he escapes in vivid dreams of departing cargo ships, airplanes, and the freedom he finds while running.

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