Cast
Madjid Niroumand Behrouz Maghsoudlou Mohsen Shah Mohammadi Abbas Nazeri Reza Ramezani Musa Torkizadeh
Credits
Written by: Behrouz Gharibpour 
Amir Naderi
Cinematography: Firooz Malekzadeh
Produced by: Reza Ramezani Ali Reza Zarrin
Plot
An orphaned boy in the port city of Abadan lives on the streets, scavenging bottles and competing in running, in a film of great energy and poverty.
Sinekatalog’s take
A vivid and moving neorealist film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (2,978 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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