Persian Film Screening “Bashu, the Little Stranger”

Event time: 
Monday, February 24, 2025 - 4:00pm
Event description: 

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

Type: 
NELC Sponsored Event
Free
4 pm