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Spoiler-free premise
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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Eight-year-old Ahmed accidentally takes classmate Mohammad Reza's notebook home from school. Because their teacher has threatened punishment for another missing assignment, Ahmed searches the neighboring village of Poshteh for his friend's house before nightfall.
Why it belongs
Where Is the Friend's House? discovers an ethical adventure in a child's simple errand through village paths, repetition, adult distraction, and determined attention.
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Zigzag hills, identical doors, school notebooks, barking dogs, evening light, and repeated questions make neighboring Koker villages a difficult conscience-bound geography—Babek Ahmed Poor's urgency gives everyday adult indifference real tension.
Major award wins
No verified wins in this six-institution crosswalk.
Awards are reference metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20
Good for
Date NightFilm Club
Descriptive guidance derived from rating, genre, runtime, mood, and GCML scores.
Institutional reference ranks
Sight & Sound157IMDb Top 250—AFI 100—
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Great Cinema Master List scores
Greatness9.0
Engagement8.5
Ease8.8
Persian · Not Rated Narrative Feature Mood: Absorbing & Reflective
