Bag of Rice
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Mohammad-ali Talebi
Jairan Abadzade
Masume Eskandari
Hossain Kalantar
Shirin Bina
Msoud Behnam
Film Details
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Synopsis
Nobody has time for 4-year-old Jairan. She comed from a large Tehranian family that is busy with school and work. In an effort to find excitement she begs her neighbor, Mrs Khanoon, to take her shopping with her. She buys a bag of rice, but it breaks on the bus, scattering all the contents on the floor. She prays to God for help and receives it...from the other passengers, who help her gather her rice. Jairan hears children playing, but she must help Mrs Khanoon with the rice.
Director
Mohammad-ali Talebi
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Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival October 9-19, 1997.
Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California January 8-19, 1998.
35mm
dialogue Farsi
subtitled English
