Director: Ebrahim Foruzesh
Screenplay: Abbas Kiarostami
Cinematography: Mohammad Aladpoush
Editing: Abbas Kiarostami
Music: -
Sound: -
Art Director: -
Cast: Amir Pourhassan, Emad Taheri, 
Mahnaz Ansarian, Fatemeh Assar
Producer: Ali Reza Zarrin
Production: Institute for the Intellectual 
Development of Children and Young Adults
World Sales: Farabi Cinema Foundation, 
55 Sie-Tir Avenue, Tehran 11358, Iran, 
Tel.: 98.21.671 010, fax: 98.21.678 155
35mm, Colour:CL, Length:76'

 

 

 

 

 

Mother has gone out shopping, and four-year-old Amir Mohammad has to both look after his one-year-old brother and watch the food cooking in the kitchen. The smell of burnt food and the baby_s crying soon attract the attention of a neighbour. But the front door is locked and the neighbour_s attempts at finding the mother are vain. Thus, worried about the children's safety, the neighbour and Amir Mohammad's grandmother, from behind the door, try to get him to find the spare key and open up...