Persian Film Screening “Bashu, the Little Stranger”

Persian Film Series
Spring 2025

Bashu, the Little Stranger

Directed by
Bahram Beyzaie
(Iran, 1989)

In Persian, Gilaki, and Arabic with English subtitles

Bashu, a 10-year-old boy living in war-torn southern Iran during the Iran-Iraq War, loses his house and all his family in a bombing raid. Frightened, he sneaks aboard a cargo truck and falls asleep, not waking until the truck stops in a northern village. Na’i, a young mother finds Bashu hiding in her field. Bashu and Na’i struggle with miscommunication brought about by cultural and language barriers.

Introduction and Discussion by
Farkhondeh Shayesteh

Location: HQ 107, 320 York Street