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Strangers (2000) Thesis Student Film

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Kaveh and a blue dome

 

"...distinguished by its quiet grace." -CHICAGO READER

"Fluidly paced and beautifully photographed..." -FILM COMMENT

"...the revelation of this year's Euro-Festival of films." -EDICIONES TIEMPO, Italy

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Synopsis

Kaveh, a young man from America, walks the roads of southern Iran searching for Dehdari, his recently deceased and estranged father's childhood home.

Abdul Reza, a thirty year old truck driver plagued by financial needs and family responsibilities, fixes his fatigued truck by the side of the road. Kaveh hires Abdul Reza as his guide, and together these two strangers embark on a three day journey that leads them from a tiny village, to an ancient graveyard and in search of a murderer. A journey of conflicts and juxtapositions that forces Kaveh deeper into the past, towards peace and forgiveness.

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Abdul Reza the truck driver
Abdul Reza the truck driver
Ramin Bahrani on set
Ramin Bahrani on set
Kaveh and Rostami
Kaveh and Rostami
Kaveh
Kaveh
Old man in village
Old man in village