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Rain(باران)

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Iran · 2001
Rated PG · 1h 30m
Director Majid Majidi
Starring Hossein Abedini, Zahra Bahrami, Mohammad Amir Naji, Hossein Mahjoub
Genre Drama, Romance

In a building site in present-day Tehran, 17-year-old Lateef is given heavier tasks to compensate for new Afghan worker Rahmat. He resents his displacement and treats Rahmat cruelly. After one of his pranks, however, Lateef discovers Rahmat's secret... he is a girl named Baran.

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70

New Times (L.A.) by Andy Klein

If the performances are the prime reason the film is as engaging as it is, it must also be said that Majidi's visual style seems far more sophisticated than in "Children of Heaven."

90

The New York Times by Dana Stevens

The lovely clarity of this story, which seems to have been drawn from the literature of an earlier age, is well served by the artful subtlety of the telling. Mr. Majidi prefers imagery to exposition, and his shots are as dense with meaning, and as readily accessible, as Dutch paintings.

90

Washington Post by Desson Thomson

As in Chaplin's films, humor and tragedy dance a wonderful tango throughout the movie. Baran is heartbreaking and laugh-out-loud funny, sometimes apart, sometimes together.

100

Boston Globe by Jay Carr

Simple, but loaded. It celebrates the humanity and humanism at the heart of Iran's remarkable flow of films, but it's also more of a rebuke to materialistic values than any ideologue could ever hope to be.

88

Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman

The director lingers over images, watching builders at work or Baran at her chores; the camera often seems to daydream, like Lateef. No grand climax caps the film, but the small incidents have a cumulative effect.

80

Chicago Reader by Ted Shen

Despite its mawkish tendencies, the film is remarkable for the naturalistic acting of its cast, particularly the simple, tenderly expressive performances of the two leads.

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