The film plunges you into a reality that is, more often than not, difficult and sad, and then, without sentimentalizing it or denying its brutality, transforms that reality into a lyrical and celebratory vision. Not only does it bring news of a faraway place, but it also exemplifies the power of cinema, when it focuses on the particulars of daily life, to achieve a paradoxical universality. 11 and the current military response, ''Baran,'' the new film from the Iranian director Majid Majidi, would be necessary viewing. Our lives and theirs, separated by geographical distance, cultural differences and almost unimaginable material disparities, seem much closer now than they might have a few months ago.īut even without the grimly fortuitous topicality conferred by Sept.
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In the months since the film was completed, that number has probably increased greatly, and the fate of the Afghans who have fled 20 years of war and deprivation has become suddenly and unexpectedly relevant to American movie audiences.
1.Ī note that appears on screen at the beginning of ''Baran'' says 1.4 million refugees from Afghanistan are living in Iran. The film, in Persian and Dari with English subtitles, opens today at Lincoln Square, 1998 Broadway, at 68th Street, and nationwide on Feb. Scott's review, which appeared in The New York Times on Oct. ''Baran'' was shown as part of this year's New York Film Festival.
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