CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 2000
Blackboards posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE2000 1h 25m IRN

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

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Its spare, wintry Kurdish setting and documentary-like attention to children should resonate with Blackboards’ compassionate, physically demanding journey through a marginalized landscape.

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Its child’s-eye view of Tehran and delicate blending of realism with formal play echo Blackboards’ interest in how young people improvise freedom within difficult social circumstances.

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A simple child’s errand becomes a vivid social cross-section through patient observation, humane encounters, and the same quietly suspenseful attention to everyday obstacles.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Behnaz Jafari

Behnaz Jafari

Halaleh