Where Is the Friend's Home?

Infobox_Film
name = Where Is the Friend's Home?


caption = Film poster
director = Abbas Kiarostami
producer = Ali Reza Zarrin
writer = Abbas Kiarostami
starring = Babek Ahmed Poor
Ahmed Ahmed Poor
music =
cinematography = Farhad Saba
editing = Abbas Kiarostami
distributor =
released =
runtime = 83 min.
language = Persian
budget =
imdb_id = 0093342|

"Where Is the Friend's Home?" ("Khane-ye doust kodjast?") (aka "Where Is My Friend's House?"-UK, "Where Is The Friend's House?"-North America) is a 1987 Iranian film directed and written by Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami.cite web
url = http://www.metalasylum.com/ragingbull/movies/friendshome.html
title = Where Is the Friend's Home, Iran - 1987
accessdate=2007-02-27
date = 2006
author = Mike Lorefice
publisher = metalasylum.com] The title of the film was derived from a poem by Sohrab Sepehri.

The film tells a deceptively simple account of a conscientious schoolboy's quest to return his friend's notebook in a neighboring village, since, should his friend fail to hand it in the next day, it is likely he will get expelled. Hence this film has been seen as a metaphor for the sense of civil duty, about loyalty and everyday heroics. The traditional beliefs of Iranian rural people are also shown in many parts of the movie.

Film Details

It has been noted for its poetic use of the Iranian rural landscape, its earnest realism and its touching humour – all hallmarks of Kiarostami's work. It is the first part of what has become known as Kiarostami's "Earthquake trilogy" (completed by "Life, and Nothing More..." and "Through the Olive Trees").

The zig-zag path that the schoolboy crosses several times while going beween Koker and Pochté its actually about five kilometers away from this villages, and was carved by local boys to be used in this film.

Awards

*Locarno International Film Festival – Bronze Leopard
*Fajr Film Festival – Golden Plate

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