Movie Details
Original Language:Persian
Asteroid
DirectorMehdi Hosseinivand
1 hr 17 min
Plot
In a remote Iranian village 12yearold Ebrahim Ebrahim Zarozehi works harder than some of the adults who tower over him to help his single mom care for his five siblings and to save for their own home He picks dates waits on tourists at an eco resort where his mother also works tends horses at a local ranch and runs errands for anyone willing to pay While the lure of Tehran seduces some of his friends away Ebrahim for all the daily hardships and demands seems content to stick close to home Through Ebrahims eyes wise beyond their years writerdirector Mehdi Hoseinivand explores the rhythms and relationships of small town life in largely realist terms but at the films center is always a warm caring story of Ebrahim and his family as they quietly determinedly make their way in the world
