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Baran

باران

Majid Majidi's film about an Iranian construction worker who discovers his co-worker is an Afghan girl in disguise; one of his Afghan-refugee works.

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Identifiers
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Review
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Refugees, migrants and diasporaWomen

Screening Room

Format
Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released
2001 CE · 1422 AH†
Countries
IR
Approach
drama of Muslim life

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Overview

A film by Majid Majidi about an Iranian building worker who discovers that his colleague is an Afghan girl in disguise; one of his works on Afghan refugees. 1 2

People and things also explored

The Swimmers· Atlantics· Brick Lane· Kandahar· Obstructing a marriage (adl): the guardian and the husband· Fleshy growth in the wife's womb and the right to annul (afal)· Emigration to the West — hope or pain (the brain drain)· Integration and identity (al-indimaj wa-l-huwiyya)

Sources

  1. Wikidata
  2. IMDb
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islam.museum contributors. “Baran”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/baran-2001/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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