The Runner

1984 [FA]

Action / Drama

20
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 83% · 20 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 83%
IMDb Rating 7.6/10 10 2815 2.8K

orphan iran childhood port city farsi orphan boy

Plot summary

A young orphan named Amiro lives alone in an abandoned tanker in the Iranian port city of Abadan. He survives by shining shoes, selling water, and collecting deposit bottles. Although he sometimes finds himself at odds with both adults and competing older kids, he finds solace in dreams about departing cargo ships and airplanes—and by running.

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831.19 MB
988*720
Fa 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
24 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 1
1.51 GB
1472*1072
Fa 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
24 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by faridb2000 9 / 10

"Davandeh" (The Runner) runs for ever

An excellent film. An auto biography of the director. The first film that brought the Iranian cinema to the attention of the world. In 1991, when it was shown in Washington DC, the Washington Post wrote of Amir Naderi "the best unknown filmmaker in the world."
Reviewed by samxxxul 8 / 10

The Beginning of a new age in world cinema!

It is a picture of an orphan boy Amiro living alone in an old ship, he enjoys racing with his friends and makes a living by collecting waste or empty bottles, selling ice water or shining shoes. The airplanes and the boats fascinate him: when they pass, far away in the mist, he screams: "Take me on board". This film just presents its story in a straightforward, objective, slice-of-life manner. I think that's why it's so great than other films which have tried to squeeze a tear from the viewers eye as a sensational expose of juvenile delinquency. The film neglects the focus on the mundane specifics of the boy's daily life and concentrates on the boy's inner, emotional ups and downs. And this is what gives the film near-universal appeal. The scenes in this film have been carefully staged by Naderi and his cinematographer, Firooz Malekzadeh, with superb moving-camera and panning shots, often with long-lens and short depth-of-field imagery, kept gracefully in frame. Madjid Niroumand is wonderful in the role of Amiro, you don't see young actors like this anymore: very rare this expressive, this natural, this charismatic, this confident in front of the camera and talented. Although of dramatic nature, there are elements of comedy in this great film. Amiro is often funny and so is his good friend, he is hilarious in every scene he shows up, even though his role is minor and he barely talks. I recommend this to everyone, see this atleast once, you will definitely add this in your list of favourite world cinemas.
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