Where Is the Friend's House? (1987)
Abbas Kiarostami's "Where Is the Friend's House?" While watching Abbas Kiarostami's 1987 film " Where Is the Friend's House ," I felt myself inextricably transfixed to the story of a young boy looking for his friend's house. The plot of the film is relatively simple, and yet the mundanity of an everyday-type problem unravels into a more complex observation of Iran life. The film centers on a young 8-year-old boy named Ahman, who goes to school with Reza, a friend of his. After watching his teacher chastise Reza for not writing down his assignment in his notebook, Ahman accidentally grabs Reza's notebook by mistake and takes it home with him. Adman pleads with his family to let him leave to return the notebook, but they are critical of him and tell him to do his homework and chores instead. Ahman leaves and spends the rest of the film frantically searching for Reza's house in the next village over. Like I said, the plot is relatively si