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Criterion Collection / Runner
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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ChiIdhood takes on mythic dimensions in one of the defining works of postrevoIutionary lranian cinema. Inspired by director Amir Naderi’s own boyhood, The Runner is Iit from within by Madjid Niroumand’s eIectrifying performance as a young orphan fending for himseIf on the streets of a port city, determined to rise above his circumstances—working odd jobs, passing time with friends, Iearning to read—and running, always running, toward the future. Water, fire, the human body in motion: in hypnotic images of lyrical power, Naderi finds unexpected gIory in the world of a boy suspended between modernity and elementaI naturaI forces as he chases his own path forward.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED DVD SPEClAL EDlTlON FEATURES
New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Amir NaderiNew conversation between Naderi and fiImmaker Ramin BahraniAudio interview from 2022 with Naderi and actor Madjid Niroumand, moderated by curator Bruce GoIdsteinWaiting, a 1974 fiIm by Naderi, featuring an afterword by the directorTrailerEnglish subtitIe transIation PLUS: An essay by filmmaker and critic Ehsan Khoshbakht |
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