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Acclaimed director Abolfazl Jalili
offers a compassionate story of a young Afghan refugee who lives
illegally in Iran. Young Kaim drifts to the Delbaran crossing
on the Afghan-Iran border, where he finds work at a coffee shop
frequented by truck drivers. He feels at home in this small oasis
of friendliness, though the sounds of war can be heard in the
background, violent bandits prowl the roads, and opium is everywhere.
As we watch Kaim run from one task to another day after day, we
soon realize that we are watching a
boy who is being cheated out of his childhood. An award-winning
international favorite, DELBARAN may be Jalili’s best film.
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“ . . . somber and dignified, with some moments of
surprising humor and beauty.”
—A. O. Scott, THE NEW YORK TIMES
“. . . beautifully realized study of characters lost
between the cracks of history and politics.”
—Derek Elley, VARIETY
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Locarno International
Film Festival
-Don Quixote Award winner
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DELBARAN.
Written, directed, and edited by Abolfazl Jalili. With Kaim Alizadeh,
Rahmatollah Ebrahimi, Hossein Hashemian, and Ahmad Mahdavi. Cinematography
by Mohamad Ahmadi. Produced by Shozo Ichiyama, Abolfazl Jalili,
and Masayuki Mori for Office Kitano, Bandai Visual, and Film-e-Aval/T-Mark.
Iran and Japan/2001/Color/Widescreen/96 mins. In Persian with English
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