During the Iran-Iraq War, Bashu, a young boy loses his house and all his family. Scared, he sneaks into a truck that is leaving the area. He gets off the truck in the Northern part of the country, where everything from landscape to language is different. He meets Naii, who is trying to raise her two young children on a farm, while her husband is away. Despite cultural differences, and the fact that they do not speak the same language, Bashu and Naii slowly form a strong bond.

Bashu, gharibeye koochak (1990)
  • Rating: (657 votes)
  • Runtime:120 minutes
  • Director: Bahram Beizai
  • Country:Iran
  • Actors:
    Naii
    Susan Taslimi
    Naii's husband
    Parvis Pourhosseini
    Bashu
    Adnan Afravian
    Akbar Doodkar
    Farokhlagha Hushmand
  • Genre:Drama
  • Producer:
    Ali Reza Zarrin
    producer  
  • Plot: During the Iran-Iraq War, Bashu, a young boy loses his house and all his family. Scared, he sneaks into a truck that is leaving the area. He gets off the truck in the Northern part of the country, where everything from landscape to language is different. He meets Naii, who is trying to raise her two young children on a farm, while her husband is away. Despite cultural differences, and the fact that they do not speak the same language, Bashu and Naii slowly form a strong bond Written by Sam Tabibnia <samtab@uclink.berkeley.edu>
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  • User's comment:Simple, human, touching by runamokprods

    A simple, human, quite touching Iranian film, about a 10 year old boy whose family is killed when the Persian Gulf is bombed by Iraq. Fleeing the war, he stows away on a truck and ends up in the verdant, peaceful north, where he struggles to fit in and start a new life. His adopted new small town is suspicious of outsiders, especially those with darker skin, and the boy speaks Arabic, whereas the locals speak a regional language. But he slowly finds his way, and finds love in a gentle, big hearted film about family, re-birth and hope.

    It's amazing how many good films have come out of Iran over the last generation. It's really become one of the last bastions of thoughtful, humanistic drama.


  • Also known as: Bashu - Der kleine Fremde (West Germany), Bashu, de kleine vreemdeling (Belgium - literal title, Flemish title), Bashu, il piccolo straniero (Italy), Bashu, the Little Stranger (International - imdb display title, English title),

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