It wasn't that long ago that we used to imply that the people of Iran were basically grim fanatics living there, sulking in their resentment of the West. Really? It's easy to think that way when a country is far away and we label it the "enemy." Then something happened that no one would have suspected. Women, men take to the streets, women rip their headscarves off their heads, protest. They want the overthrow, to no longer be ruled by old grim men. Baran from 2001 shows us what the people in Iran are really like. The "foreigners" are thus given a face. Baran is a romantic fable. And it is a romantic fable about construction workers. Lateef (Hossein Abedini) works in construction, not far from the border with Afghanistan. Most of the work is done by refugees from Afghanistan. Poorly paid and hard. Right at the beginning we learn that millions of refugees from Afghanistan fled across the border. Since it is illegal to hire them, they work black for low pay. Many flee the Taliban and seek a better life in Iran. One day, an accident happens at the construction site. One man, Najaff, gets injured. This is a disaster because he has to feed five children who live in a refugee shelter. Therefore, he sends his son Rahmat (Zahra Bahrami) to carry the cement bags instead of him. Rahmat, however, is small and lanky. Therefore, the boss decides that Lateef has to work properly again. Lateef is supposed to carry the sacks. But Lateef is lazy and resentful. Nevertheless, he finds Rahmat fascinating. There is something about him. Then the secret is revealed: Rahmat is really a girl....
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