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The white balloon

Seven-year-old Razieh has her heart set on a plump multi-finned goldfish she has seen in Tehran's market-place. Despite having many similar in the ornamental pond at home, she is determined to get the one she wants before the New Year celebrations begin in a few hours. Skilfully cajoling her mother into parting with her last 500 Toman note, she races into the dangerous and disorienting bustle of the city and her epic adventure begins.

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  • "White balloon"
  • "Bai qi qiu"
  • "Badkonake sefid"
  • "Badkunak-i sifīd"
  • "Witte ballon"
  • "Ayneh"
  • "mirror"
  • "白汽球"
  • "C.M.I presents White balloon"

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  • "A young girl, Razieh, experiences an adventure through Tehran sparked by her desire for a goldfish her family cannot afford."
  • "Seven-year-old Razieh has her heart set on a multi-finned goldfish she has seen in Tehran's market-place. Despite having many similar in the ornamental pond at home, she is determined to get the one she wants before the New Year celebrations begin in a few hours. Skilfully cajoling her mother into parting with her last 500 Toman note, she races into the dangerous and disorienting bustle of the city and her epic adventure begins."
  • "Seven-year-old Razieh has her heart set on a plump multi-finned goldfish she has seen in Tehran's market-place. Despite having many similar in the ornamental pond at home, she is determined to get the one she wants before the New Year celebrations begin in a few hours. Skilfully cajoling her mother into parting with her last 500 Toman note, she races into the dangerous and disorienting bustle of the city and her epic adventure begins."
  • "Seven-year-old Razieh has her heart set on a plump multi-finned goldfish she has seen in Tehran's market-place. Despite having many similar in the ornamental pond at home, she is determined to get the one she wants before the New Year celebrations begin in a few hours. Skilfully cajoling her mother into parting with her last 500 Toman note, she races into the dangerous and disorienting bustle of the city and her epic adventure begins."@en
  • "A young girl's desire for a pretty goldfish her family cannot afford, sparks an adventure."
  • "Het 7-jarig meisje Razeih wil heel graag voor de viering van het nieuwjaarsfeest een bijzondere goudvis kopen."
  • "A 7-year-old girl, Razieh, desires a pretty goldfish her family cannot afford, and this sparks an adventure through Tehran just before the New Year."
  • "A young girl's desire for a pretty goldfish her family cannot afford sparks an adventure."
  • "A young girl's desire for a pretty goldfish her family cannot afford sparks an adventure in this charming film."
  • "Seven year old Razieh pleads with her mother to buy her a goldfish she has seen at the pet shop.Razieh's brother Ali persuades their mother to give in and, with the family's last bank note in hand Razieh gleefully sets out to buy her fish. But along the way she meets up woth snake charmers, a balloon salesman and a dry cleaner owner, and loses her money. With the help of her brother, Razieh tries to retrieve her money, buy the fish and get home before her parents find out what happened."
  • ""The predicament of an endearing little girl who loses a large-denomination banknote en route to make a special holiday purchase is played out, in real time, during the countdown to New Year's Day in Iran. ... Seven-year-old Razieh covets a plump, multi-finned goldfish she spotted in the market, but her put-upon mother sees no reason for such an extravagant purchase when less flamboyant goldfish are available for free in their courtyard's decorative pool. Razieh enlists her brother (who abhors wasting 'the price of two movies' on a dumb fish) to convince Mom, who finally relinquishes her very last bill, expecting plenty of change for essential household expenses. Alone and determined, wide-eyed Razieh sets out toward the market, clutching the banknote, but is waylaid by a snake charmer who effortlessly appropriates her funds. Distraught moppet's spooky experience is an instructional close call in exploring forbidden territory; you can practically hear her little heart pounding in dismay as she learns for herself why her parents have warned her to steer clear of the unsavory spot. Razieh recovers her cash, only to lose it again before reaching the pet shop. There she is befriended by an elderly woman who helps her retrace her steps. The all-important bill is out of reach beneath the curbside cellar grate of a closed shop. As vendors and merchants wrap up business before the long holiday begins, the vicinity of the grate is the site of entertaining digressions involving an indignant tailor, a friendly soldier on leave far from home, an Afghan refugee selling balloons, and Razieh's resourceful brother. Will they devise a way to retrieve the money in time?"--Variety review by Lisa Nesselson, May 29, 1995."

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  • "Feature films"
  • "Children's films"
  • "Drama"
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Foreign language films"
  • "Persian language films"
  • "Motion pictures"
  • "DVDs"
  • "Features"
  • "Iranian films"
  • "Children's films and programs"
  • "New Year programming"

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  • "White balloon = Badkonake sefid"
  • "[Badkonake sefid] The white balloon"
  • "The white balloon [Badkonake sefid]"
  • "Bādkūnak safīd The white balloon"
  • "The white balloon Badkunak-i siefīd"
  • "The white balloon"
  • "The white balloon"@en
  • "White Balloon"
  • "The white balloon = badkonake sefid. The mirror = Ayneh"

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