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Delbaran

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Fourteen-year-old Kaim (Kaim Alizadeh) flees his native Afghanistan for Delbaran, a town just inside of Iran's border, where he gets a job at a cafe. There, his brash personality prompts both admiration and annoyance as he adjusts to this largely lawless outpost of civilization, where drug trafficking and smuggling are the norm. As Khan (Rahmatollah Ebrahimi), his employer, tries to protect Kaim from immigration officials, the boy struggles with the harsh realities of refugee life.

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Empire Magazine Rated: 4/5 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jailili's film, a highlight of Locarno Festival, continues the honorable tradition of Iranian melodramas about children, this one centering on a 14-year-old Afghan refugee caught in the political chaos that describes life in the title's border town. Rated: 3/4 Jun 12, 2006 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 2/5 Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 2/5 Jan 7, 2003 Full Review Jamie Russell BBC.com Rated: 4/5 Apr 16, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews
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Abolfazl Jalili

Director

Kaim Alizadeh

Kaim

Rahmatollah Ebrahimi

Khan

Hossein Hashemian

Hossein

Abolfazl Jalili

Writer

Reza Saberi

Writer

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Synopsis Fourteen-year-old Kaim (Kaim Alizadeh) flees his native Afghanistan for Delbaran, a town just inside of Iran's border, where he gets a job at a cafe. There, his brash personality prompts both admiration and annoyance as he adjusts to this largely lawless outpost of civilization, where drug trafficking and smuggling are the norm. As Khan (Rahmatollah Ebrahimi), his employer, tries to protect Kaim from immigration officials, the boy struggles with the harsh realities of refugee life.
Director
Abolfazl Jalili
Producer
Shozo Ichiyama, Abolfazl Jalili
Screenwriter
Abolfazl Jalili, Reza Saberi
Distributor
Ad Vitam
Production Co
Bandai Visual Co. Ltd., Film-e-Aval, Office Kitano, T-Mark [jp]
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Persian
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 30, 2002, Wide
Release Date (DVD)
Dec 23, 2008
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
DTS