Young Lateef works on a construction site in Tehran with some Turks and a few illegal Afghan workers. When 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. Latif's heart softens towards Baran and he shows his new affection for her by doing what he can to ease the hardships she suffers at work. When govern... (Full plot summary below)
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Young Lateef works on a construction site in Tehran with some Turks and a few illegal Afghan workers. When 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. Latif's heart softens towards Baran and he shows his new affection for her by doing what he can to ease the hardships she suffers at work. When government inspectors force all Afghans to be fired from the site, Lateef discovers he cannot bear to be without her. Jeopardizing social standing and endangering his own well being, Lateef stops at nothing to save his love.
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| Boston GlobeJay CarrSimple, 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. |
| Jam! MoviesLiz BraunThe film tells a touching, romantic story, but the underpinnings of Baran -- Rain -- are mostly political and mostly heart-breaking. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA superlative work, offering a rich emotional experience that at the same time calls attention to the seemingly endless suffering of the Afghan people. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittExpressively filmed story of rivalry, romance, and cultural conflict. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonAs 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. |
| Washington PostAnn HornadayMajidi has discovered a wonderful cast of players to bring this gentle allegory to life, especially Naji as the irascible but generous Memar, who displays nearly perfect comic timing. |
| Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanThe 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. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonA film that uses beautiful tableaux and convincingly raw actors to build to a climax of shatteringly understated poignancy and power. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe latest in a flowering of good films from Iran, and gives voice to the moderates there. It shows people existing and growing in the cracks of their society's inflexible walls. |
| USA TodayMike ClarkMajidi tells his simple story with dazzling vision. |
