Where Is My Friend’s House? 1987 123movies

Watch: خانه‌ی دوست کجاست؟ 1987 123movies, Full Movie Online – As a young protagonist embarks on a humble quest, a beautiful allegory of friendship and morality is revealed. The first film in Kiarostami’s Koker trilogy, Where is the Friend’s Home? is a unique mélange of poetry, documentary and fiction, that cherishes the everyday in all its abundance..
Plot: An 8 year old boy must return his friend’s notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.
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	8.1/10 Votes: 15,479
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Short, sweet and kinda brilliant…!
This is a very enjoyable, slow-paced, yet uniquely enthralling movie. The plot is simple; a young boy must return a school notebook, taken by accident, to his classmate so he can do his homework for the next day. If his friend doesn’t get it done he may be expelled. Immediately you are drawn into this simple task, seeing this child’s often futile efforts to be acknowledged by the adults around him, empathizing with his difficulties.

A strange sense of foreboding begins to prevail as you await the outcome of his efforts. Will he complete his task and get home before dusk? Why is it so hard to get a straight answer from any of these adults?

The music is often enchanting and contributes much to the atmosphere. Personally I love the old blacksmith he runs into in the neighboring village. An old friendly man with a deep passion for making windows and doors. The life of the village and its history could be seen through the eyes of this old gent, but truly, the boy, has simply got to return this notebook!

If you want to chill out and watch a wonderful tale unfold over just 80 short minutes then go watch this movie. You won’t be disappointed.

Khane-ye doust kodjast?
Precious little Ahmed, while on his determined journey to give his friend’s homework book back, is asked by his grandfather to fetch his cigarettes. His face immediately perks up and his eyes betray his panic; he has no time for this ‘duty’ that the young must serve the old, because Nematzadeh’s spot in the school is in jeopardy. As he hurries off, his grandfather slyly reveals that he is already carrying his cigarettes with him and that Ahmed’s task is merely a symbolic one. He monologues passionately about the importance of the younger generation having obedience and respect beaten into them (literally) like he did with his own son. Discipline is what shapes the man. The schoolteacher likewise stresses their homework as a way of building discipline, no matter the other menial work that must be completed (what is farming for food to dictation and comprehension?). But the great irony is that the grandfather is blinded by the courageous act right in front of him; Ahmed’s steadfast determination to find Nematzadeh and return his book, bearing the responsibility of the long and arduous journey onto those little limbs of his.

Kiarostami’s visual sensibilities have often been geared towards this motif of blindness, of the inability to truly see the events in front of one’s eyes. In both Taste of Cherry and The Wind Will Carry Us his trademark shot was an extreme overhead wide shot of a man-made vehicle moving through natural beauty, coupled with the contradiction of the character’s dialogue right in our ears. This technique presents the lack of focus to the audience disconcertingly; what we see is not what we hear, and the film is similarly riddled with moments lacking perception and awareness. The tone here is almost whimsical; Kiarostami’s camera aligns the point of view with Ahmed, which allows for visual gags that would be merely throwaway bits in other films. Ahmed moves up a alleyway, only to have a cow block his passage. He seemingly speaks to a magical, moving bush, as if he was living in a children’s book, and only afterwards does the man swing around and present his feeble frame carrying the branches. A brown trousered boy walks across the screen, winking liberally, conveniently carrying a board which obscures his identity and Ahmed’s true objective.

The story would not be half as engaging without the tremendous work of Babek Ahmedpour, little more than an amateur plucked from the ranks to portray Ahmed. Every breath and every step is less acting and more the natural boy inside him flourishing. When an adult easily plucks Nematzadeh’s book from under his arm and tears out a page for himself (and then, for added measure, uses it as a writing board), Ahmedpour’s eyes flicker frantically from book to beast ravaging it. This is not something that could be faked; it is the panicked reaction of a child having what little control they possess wrested away before their very eyes. Similarly, his closeup reveals all the motivation we need to see as the teacher scolds a teary Nematzadeh. He scurries along the zig- zag path but finds that structure and convention can only take him so far, and even a brave face is no match for the horrors of nightfall. In the end, his solution is pragmatic but not entirely morally sound – I wonder what his grandfather would say, and how thick the rod might be.

Other Information:

Original Language fa
Runtime 1 hr 23 min (83 min), 1 hr 27 min (87 min) (Argentina)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Drama, Family
Director Abbas Kiarostami
Writer Abbas Kiarostami
Actors Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed Poor, Khodabakhsh Defaei
Country Iran
Awards 5 wins & 5 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format N/A
Cinematographic Process N/A
Printed Film Format 35 mm