BASHU is a fantastically directed and acted dramatic movie about a ten-year-old Iranian boy who lost his family in southern Iran during the war. His village was bombed. He sneaks into the back of a truck to get out of the war area. Traveling north, he ends up in the beautifully green areas of the northern Iran (by the Caspian Sea), where he faces suspicious villagers who distrust him because of his dark face and southern dialect. A young woman villager (Susan Taslimi) takes him in, and the story begins.

The story is great. The cinematography is fantastic. Bashu was played superbly. What is interesting that I noticed is that even though the movie did not have a haunting score, the rare occasions of audio percussion were quite moving.