The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
On a building site in present-day Tehran, Lateef, a 17-year-old Turkish worker is irresistibly drawn to Rahmat, a young Afghan worker. The revelation of Rahmat's secret changes both their lives.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Metacritic79/100
89 audience votes
Key crew
- Ahmad PezhmanOriginal Music Composer
- Majid MajidiWriter
- Majid MajidiDirector
- Fouad NahasScreenplay
Cast
- Hossein AbediniLateef
- Zahra BahramiBaran
- Reza NajiMemar
- Hossein MahjoubSoltan
- Abbas RahimiSoltan
- Gholam Ali BakhshiNajaf
- Jafar TawakoliInspector
- Yadollah HedayatiLors workers' chief
- Parviz LarijaniShop owner
- Mahmoud BehrazniaBuilding Contractor
- Pasha BarabadiInspector
- Kamai PartoInspector
Stills
Themes
busrainafghanistanteateheran (tehran), irantrucklovecryingconstruction siteconstructionshoe