The Runner [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Amir Naderi Amir Naderi

Overview

The first important film to emerge from Iran following the religious protests and violence instigated by Ayatollah Khomeini's seizure of power in 1981, it is a landmark social film which dares to criticize the ruling hierarchy. Essentially the story of an orphan forced to survive by just about any means at hand, the story is laid out in such a manner that the indictment of the ruling class is implicit in the film. The children give inspired performances and the documentary style in which it is done lands it in the same category as Francois Truffaut's The 400 Blows or Vittorio De Sica's Shoeshine.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/19/2024
UPC:	0715515294119
Original Release:	1985
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Language:	English
Time:	1:30:00
Sales rank:	3,914

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Madjid Niroumand	Amiro,Amiro
Mousa Torkiradeh	Actor,Actor
C. Bechkal	Actor,Actor
Ali Pasdarzadeh	Actor,Actor
M. Kabiri	Actor,Actor
Mohammad Ali Amini	Actor,Actor
Faghihpur Ardechiri	Actor,Actor
Shirzan Bechkal	Actor,Actor
Farshid Farshizadeh	Actor,Actor
A. Gholamzadeh	Uncle Gholam,Uncle Gholam
Abbas Hashemian	Actor,Actor
Mehrdad Kabiri	Actor,Actor
Behruz Maghsudlu	Actor,Actor
Mohammed Nawazi	Actor,Actor
Heydar Nazari	Actor,Actor
Abbas Nazeri	Actor,Actor
Majid Nirumand	Amiro,Amiro
Abed Ostowar	Actor,Actor
Reza Ramezani	Ramezan,Ramezan
Mohsen Shahmohamadi	Actor,Actor
Musa Torkizadeh	Musa,Musa

Technical Credits