Movement
Iranian New Wave
Poetic realism made largely with children and non-actors, working around censorship by making the small domestic situation carry everything.
Four textbook cases
Not the best four — the four that define the shape. Start anywhere.
Where Is The Friend's House?
Abbas Kiarostami · 1987
Fiorina the Cow
Vittorio De Sisti · 1972
The Runner
Kevin Macdonald · 2026
Bashu, the Little Stranger
Bahram Beyzai · 1989
More in Movement
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