✧ Palme d'Or, 1997 Cannes Film Festival
✧ Best Foreign Language Film, 1998 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
✧ Signature work of Iranian actress Hamayoun Esfahani
Who is Mr Badii, really? A desperate man, a wise man? In his 4x4, he roams the majestic Iranian landscapes around Tehran in search of someone willing to lend him a hand in a particular mission, in exchange for a reward. Each person he meets reacts to his proposal in a different way.
Abbas Kiarostami delivers a poetic masterpiece on a subject considered taboo in Iran, awarded the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Cast: Homayoun Ershadi
 | About the Director Abbas Kiarostami, the renowned Iranian director, stands as one of the most influential and controversial filmmakers, screenwriters, and producers to emerge following the Iranian Revolution. His celebrated works include the 1992 film The Wind Will Carry Us, which was honoured with the Rossellini Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1997, he secured the Palme d'Or at Cannes for Taste of Cherry. Abbas Kiarostami was a driving force behind Iran's New Wave cinema movement, with his works imbued with profound political and philosophical significance. | |