Where Is the Friend's Home?

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Patrick S @PatrickStruik Dec 13 My absolute favourite Kiarostami. See more Iris Z @IrisYutingZeng Oct 26 The pace of the film leans toward a gentle fluency without losing the poetic quality characteristic of Kiarostami’s work. Viewers with experience in documentary filmmaking will find this film profoundly beautiful and non-condescending. The child’s voice and needs are largely misunderstood and dismissed by the adults, yet the story reveals the quiet beauty of childhood—how, in a child’s world, nothing feels more urgent or significant than trying to save a friend from being expelled from school. See more Tim M @tgmacman Sep 30 Simple in concept but rich in thematic meaning on children navigating an adult world, writer-director Abbas Kiarostami will have receptive viewers ardently asking Where Is the Friend's House? See more Leaburn O Aug 10 It’s definitely art house. Basically nothing happens. At all. It has merit in showing us what mid 80s rural Iran was like but the tedium is excoriating. Found it very hard to track down but found a copy to buy online. Watched on DVD. See more Will G Jun 13 A great art film. It was about a school in Iran. It was interesting to see the Middle East and learn about their customs. The acting was good. I hope there is peace between our country and theirs. See more Dave S 10/29/2024 On the surface, the premise of Abbas Kiarostami’s Where is the Friend’s House? is pretty straightforward: a schoolboy sets off on a journey to return a notebook to a classmate who lives in a neighboring village. On a deeper level, Kiarostami may be hinting at the importance of maintaining your humanity while living under an authoritarian regime. In the classroom, his teacher rules with an iron fist while at home, nobody can seem to hear his voice. Despite the circumstances, he reverts to basic human kindness in order to help his friend, who has been threatened with expulsion, ignoring the negative influences that are attempting to shape his character. Effectively shot in a neo-realist style, it is a touching story of compassion, duty, and friendship. Where is the Friend’s House? may be Kiarostami’s finest effort, which is saying something. See more Read all reviews

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