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The White Balloon is a 1995 Iranian film directed by Jafar Panahi, who also served as the screenwriter and film editor. The screenplay was co-written by Abbas Kiarostami and Parviz Shahbazi. The cast includes Aida Mohammadkhani, Fereshteh Sadre-Orafaee, and Anna Borkowska. The narrative is set in Tehran and is presented in Persian.
The film is categorized as a comedy, drama, and family genre. Its runtime is 85 minutes. Production involved Mikado, I.R.I.B. Channel 2, and Ferdos Films. It was distributed by October Films and is available on the Criterion Channel. The story features keywords such as fish, money, celebration, and goldfish. The film holds a rating of 7.6 on IMDb and a vote average of 7.462 on TMDb.
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It sits within the topics 1990s Iranian films, 1990s Persian-language films and 1995 directorial debut films.
Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Film · TMDB
7.5Several people try to take advantage of a little girl's innocence to hustle money her mom gave to her to buy a goldfish with.
Cast
- Aida Mohammadkhani as Razieh
- Mohsen Kafili as Ali
- Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee as Mother
- Anna Borkowska as Old Lady
- Mohammad Shahani as Soldier
- Mohammad Bakhtiar as Tailor
Themes
- fish
- money
- celebration
- goldfish
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Iran
- Original language
- Persian
- Director
- Jafar Panahi
- Screenwriter
- Parviz Shahbazi
- Cast member
- Anna Borkowska
- Production company
- Mikado
- Narrative location
- Tehran
- Duration
- 85
- FilmAffinity ID
- 894655
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- publication date
- 1995-00-00
- film editor
- Jafar Panahi
- title
- بادکنک سفید
- distributed by
- October Films
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