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The White Balloon
1995 1h 25m Jafar Panahi

The White Balloon

★ 7.6 IMDb
Drama Kids & Family
Several people try to take advantage of a little girl's innocence to hustle money her mom gave to her to buy a goldfish with.
Writers Parviz Shahbazi, Jafar Panahi, Abbas Kiarostami
Cast Aida Mohammadkhani, Mohsen Kafili, Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee, Anna Borkowska
Essays and Criticism
On this film
Toddler Time (THE WHITE BALLOON) by Jonathan Rosenbaum
On Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi by Chris Wisniewski, Reverse Shot
In conversation with other films
Iraqi Film Won the Camera d’Or Award by Freddie Wong, FIPRESCI
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Awards & Festivals
Nominated International Submission to the Academy Awards
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