Children don't fight for their ideals, they usually live according to what they believe in. The Iranian Ebrahim Forouzesh paints a beautiful and painful portrait of children in his country, where playing is closer to life than in our western societies, where playing can be dangerously mixed up with fight for survival. And again, as it happens with Kiarostami, Mohsen and Samira Makhmalbaf, that yellowish tint of desert sand, the dry gardens of their lives, causing us anxiety and a sense of guilt. A rare work with children, a dramatic and realistic view over the real life on present Iran to be seen with open hearts.
Review of Bacheh-haye naft
