THE RUNNER - newly restored 80s Iranian New Wave Masterpiece!
May 30 to Jun 1
Tuesday thru Thursday 5:45pm ONLY!
Amir Naderi - 1984 - 91m - Iran - In Farsi with English subtitles - NO MATINEES
"A WORK OF ASTONISHING POWER AND SIMPLICITY...REMINISCENT OF THE FINEST NEO-REALIST FILMS...MADJID NIROUMAND’S PORTRAYAL RANKS AMONG THE FINEST EVER GIVEN BY A CHILD.” — KEVIN THOMAS, LOS ANGELES TIMES
Amiro, an illiterate 11-year-old orphan living alone in an abandoned tanker in the Iranian port city of Abadan, survives by shining shoes, selling water, and diving for deposit bottles, while being bullied by both adults and competing older kids. But he finds solace by dreaming about departing cargo ships and airplanes and by running...seemingly to nowhere.
“A GEM OF THE IRANIAN NEW WAVE…CRISPLY RESTORED WITH IMPROVED SUBTITLES…ADMIRABLY LEAN AND REMARKABLY WELL-CONSTRUCTED…THE LIGHT IS OFTEN DAZZLING; THE ARRAY OF BOTTLES FLOATING IN THE HARBOR IS BEWITCHING…HAS A SUBTLE FAIRY TALE QUALITY." — J. HOBERMAN, THE NEW YORK TIMES
"Like Buñuel, Naderi shows a keen understanding of children's camaraderie and determination"— Ted Shen, Chicago Reader
"A SMALL JEWEL YOU MUST TRY TO SEE." — Derek Malcolm, The Guardian
"The Runner hovers somewhere between poetry and documentary." — Hal Hinson, The Washington Post
