The White Balloon

film by Panahi [1995]
Also known as: “Bādkonak-e sefīd”

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discussed in biography

  • Jafar Panahi
    In Jafar Panahi

    …film was Bādkonak-e sefīd (1995; The White Balloon), about a young girl who wants to buy a goldfish but loses her money down a sewer drain. The drama—which was written by Kiarostami—earned Panahi the Caméra d’Or, the prize for first-time directors, at the Cannes film festival. In Ayneh (1997; The…

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history of film

  • Vitascope
    In History of film: Iran

    …Panahi, with Badkonak-e sefid (1995; The White Balloon), Dayereh (2000; The Circle), and Offside (2006), and Majid Majidi, director of Bachela-Ya aseman (1997; Children of Heaven),Rang-e khoda (1999; The Color of Heaven),Bid-e majnun (2005; The Willow Tree), and Mohammed Rasulollah (2015; Muhammad: The Messenger

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