Badkonake sefid (The white balloon)

Panahi, Jafar (1995)

Set in the back-streets of Tehran on the eve of the Islamic new year and a small girl entrusted with her mother’s last 500 toman note which she then loses.

Concentrates on the fears and emotions of the seven year-old as she and her brother try to retrieve the money and the clock ticks by to the New Year.

UK. Cert. U. With English subtitles.

PER FILM 5(VS)