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"Amir Toodehroosta beautifully depicts the innocence that exists in childhood, even in a society where religion and pain cast a constant shadow."
Vancouver IFF

"Childhood innocence and the adult world clash in […] this prescient drama from Iranian filmmaker Amir Toodehroosta."
Justine Maybank, IFF Rotterdam 

by AMIR TOODEHROOSTA (IR, 2023, 91')

Drama

Synopsis

Under Iranian law, all schools are gender segregated, meaning that boys and girls are separated into different schools starting from the first grade. However, kindergartens are excluded from this law.
Roham and several other children are in the same kindergarten. When Roham begins expressing curiosity about intimate male-female relationships, the kindergarten's principal hires a Muslim cleric to guide the children according to the Iranian school's religious and ethical standards.
One day, Roham meets Rana, an introverted girl in his class. Soon, he discovers a dark secret in Rana's life involving her stepfather. But there are other children in this kindergarten and each of them has a story. This story is about the life of kindergarteners in modern Iranian society.

Credits

Directed by: Amir Toodehroosta
Written by: Amir Toodehroosta
Cinematographer: Soroush Alizadeh
Producer: Amir Toodehroosta
Cast: Ayhan Shaygan, Shabnam Dadkhah, Nora Hanifeh Zadeh, Rayan Razmi, Kiana Mehdi Abadi

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