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Khane-ye doust kodjast? (Where is the Friend's Home?)

Khane-ye doust kodjast? (Where is the Friend's Home?) (1987)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (9 reviews)

  • 89% of users liked it
    (2,346 ratings)

The film that established director Abbas Kiarostami's reputation outside his native Iran, Where Is the Friend's Home? tells a simple story in such a spare fashion, many critics found its impact to be almost subliminal. As the film opens Ahmed (Ahmed Ahmed Poor), a grade schooler, watches as… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Abbas Kiarostami
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1987 Limited
Mongrel Media

Critic Reviews

  • Sean Axmaker, Parallax View

    On one level Kiarostami paints a society rooted in authoritarian demands, but on another he reminds how us kids get lost in the grown-up world of business and responsibility.

  • Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

    Or: How the whole world can fit into an Our Gang episode

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    I highly recommend all of Abbas Kiarostami's films, but to start with I'd suggest Where Is the Friend's Home, the simplest and most moving of his films.

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, San Francisco Examiner

    Kiarostami makes masterful use out of a complex landscape and winds up with a great, moving film.

  • Jon Popick, Planet Sick-Boy

    The closest thing I've ever seen to an Iranian action film.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Stella D


    a really simple and lovely film that's a good place to start with kiarostami. the untrained child actors are marvelous here. a young boy has taken his friend's notebook by mistake and must return it to keep his friend from being expelled, but he doesn't know where the… More

  • John B


    Cute but saddening tale from Kiarostami. Another great slice of Iranian life from the master director. I think the viewpoint of a child makes this all the more compelling. The child can squeeze in places and situations much more efficiently than an adult could in the same situation.

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