The Traveler
Mossafer
Iran
1974
83 Min
Black and White
1.37:1
Persian
Synopsis
A grade-school-age boy, neglected by his parents, lies, cheats, and steals to accumulate enough money to afford a bus ride to a large city and a ticket to see his favorite soccer team play. —IMDb
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Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1940. He graduated from university with a degree in fine arts before starting work as a graphic designer. He then joined the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, where he started a film section, and this started his career as a filmmaker at the age of 30. Since then he has made many movies and has become one of the most important figures in contemporary Iranian film. He is also a major figure in the arts world, and has had numerous gallery exhibitions of his photography, short films and poetry. He is an iconic figure for what he has done, and he has achieved it all by believing in the arts and the creativity of his mind. —World Cinema Foundation
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orsonmotherfuckerwelles
30Apr12
moralist version of the 400 hundred blows, badly done, with sentimental music and a goddamn irritating kid. some good scenes prevent it from being all-bad.
All Is Grace
4Oct10
Astonishing indeed... And the music theme re-used in Close-Up? Pretty sensational moment.
Kurt Walker
16Aug10
Pretty astonishing. Just a few kilometers behind The 400 Blows in this silly distance debate we've got going on.
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The Traveler
By asuraf on August 22, 2010
A young Iranian boy scrimps and scams his way onto a bus to see his favorite soccer team play in the big city of Tehran, but seeing the game becomes just as hard as getting to the game, in this memorable…
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