Davandah = The runner
(Blu-ray)

Originally released as a motion picture in 1984.

Supplements include new restortation, converstation between Amir Naderi and Ramin Bahrani, audio inteview from 2022 with Naderi and Madjid Niroumand, short film Waiting (1974), trailer and essay by Ehsan Khoshbakht.

Cinematography, Firouz Malekzadeh; edited by Bahram Beyzaie.

880-02,Madjid Niroumand, Abbas Nazeri, Musa Torkizadeh.

Childhood takes on mythic dimensions in one of the defining works of postrevolutionary Iranian cinema. Inspired by director Amir Naderi₂s boyhood, The Runner is lit from within by Madjid Niroumand's electrifying performance as a young orphan fending for himself on the streets of a port city, determined to rise above his circumstances working odd jobs, passing time with friends, learning 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 glory in the world of a boy suspended between modernity and elemental natural forces as he chases his path forward.

Blu-ray; Wide screen; requires Blu-ray player.

Persian dialogue; English subtitles.