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8.7
/10
6,422 Ratings

THE WHITE BALLOON

Badkonake sefid

Directed by Jafar Panahi
Iran, 1995
Drama, Family
  • 8484 minutes

Synopsis

It’s Persian New Year, and seven-year-old Razieh begs her mother for money to buy a lucky goldfish. This simple task proves less easy than it would seem, however, as Razieh wanders the streets of Tehran, she repeatedly loses her funds and finds misadventures.

Synopsis

It’s Persian New Year, and seven-year-old Razieh begs her mother for money to buy a lucky goldfish. This simple task proves less easy than it would seem, however, as Razieh wanders the streets of Tehran, she repeatedly loses her funds and finds misadventures.