Iranian Cinema Classic ‘Bashu: The Little Stranger’ Sets Re-Release in North American Theaters (EXCLUSIVE)

Teona Gherasim

Late Iranian director Bahram Beyzai’s revered classic “ Bashu: The Little Stranger ” (1985) is soon to be re-released in North American cinemas by indie distributor Film Movement in the U.S. and Montreal-based Ritual in Canada. Widely considered among the greatest Iranian movies ever made, “Bashu” takes place during the Iran–Iraq war of the 1980s. The moving drama revolves on a young boy, the film’s titular character, who escapes the bombing of his southern Iranian village in which his family