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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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At a glance

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

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

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

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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. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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