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Released
2002 · FILM

The Little Bird Boy

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
77 min
Language
FA
Family

Synopsis

With his father in jail, probably for smuggling alcohol across the barbed-wire border, Behruz and his family are destitute. His love of birds and talent for imitating their songs land him the unhappy job of helping to capture them for a local bird merchant. He meets a girl his own age whose mother comes to Iran to sell clothes, but they leave before he has a chance to say goodbye. Qanbari sticks to images and the children’s plaintive faces, old before their time, to tell his story almost without words. Their delicate emotions are echoed in a local bridegroom’s illegal crossing into Azerbaijan for his own wedding.

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How many hands made this film

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Principal cast & crew: 16

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Hassan HassandoostShot by Hamid Khozouie AbyaneScored by Peyman YazdanianDesigned by Hasan Roohparvari

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