- Baduk (film)
Infobox_Film | name =Baduk
caption =DVD cover, Japan release
director =Majid Majidi
writer =Seyed Mehdi Shojai
starring =Mohammad Kasebi ,Mehrolah Mararzehi ,Norahmad Barahoi ,Hossein Haijar
producer =Ardashir Iran-Nezhad Islamic Propagation Organization
released =January 1 1992 (Iran )
language =Persian, Dari
runtime =90 min.
imdb_id =0103760
distributor =Ace Deuce Entertainment (Japan )"Baduk " (PerB| بدوک ) is a 1992 Iranian film. It was the debut feature of director
Majid Majidi . The film deals with child slavery. The Persian term "baduk" refers to people, often children hired against their will, who carry smuggled merchandise from the border on foot.Synopsis
Jafar and his sister Jamal are separated from their parents after their father is killed in a well cave-in. While walking along the road, the siblings are kidnapped and sold into slavery. Jamal is dressed in fancy silks, destined to be the playmate of a Saudi prince. Jafar is drafted into a band of child baduki, bringing goods across the border betweenPakistan and Iran. Jafar escapes his captors, and engages the help of Noredin, a Pakistani baduk he has befriended. Together they work to free Jafar's sister, Jamal. The movie ends with a doomed act of bravery on the part of Jafar.
Background and critical response
The film was shot in
Sistan and Baluchestan , an arid province in southeast Iran. Baduk premiered in January 1992, and was shown that February at the TehranFajr Film Festival . It was screened at theDirector's Fortnight at Cannes in 1992, where it was considered a bold film from theIslamic Republic of Iran . Director Majidi ran into censorship problems after making this film.Awards
* Best New Film, 10th Annual
Fajr Film Festival
* Best Screen Play, 10th AnnualFajr Film Festival ources
* Sons Against Fathers. Article by Massoud Mehrabi [http://www.massoudmehrabi.com/articles.asp?id=1674730661]
* Synopsis from All Movie Guide, New York Times [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=210990]
* Synopsis, Associação Brasileira Mostra Internacional de Cinema [http://www2.uol.com.br/mostra/29/p_exib_filme_arquivo_1614.shtml]
* International Festival of Films for Children and Young Adults, Iran [http://www.icff.ir/en/festivals/08/competition/]
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