Where is the Friend's Home?
Also known as Where is the Friend's House?
1987 film by Abbas Kiarostami
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7.9An 8-year-old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.
Released: 1987-07-0183 minDir: Abbas KiarostamiDrama, Adventure
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Cast
- Babek Ahmadpour as Ahmed Ahmadpour
- Ahmed Ahmadpour as Mohamed Reza Nematzadeh
- Kheda Barech Defai as Teacher
- Iran Outari as Mother
- Ait Ansari as Father
- Sadika Taohidi as Persian Neighbour
Themes
- village life
- village
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Where Is the Friend's House? (Persian: خانه دوست کجاست, romanized: Khāne-ye dust kojāst), also known as Where Is the Friend's Home?, is a 1987 Iranian drama film written and directed by Abbas Kiarostami. The plot depicts a conscientious schoolboy's attempt to return his friend's school notebook to his home in a neighboring village, to prevent the friend from being expelled if he fails to hand it in the next day. The film, whose title derives from a poem by Sohrab Sepehri, is the first installment in Kiarostami's Koker trilogy, followed by And Life Goes On and Through the Olive Trees, all of which take place in Koker, Iran.
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1980s Iranian films1980s Persian-language films1987 drama films1987 films1987 independent filmsFilms about childrenFilms directed by Abbas KiarostamiFilms set in IranFilms whose director won the Best Directing Crystal SimorghIranian drama filmsIranian independent filmsRotten Tomatoes ID same as Wikidata