Where is My Friend's House? Where is My Friend's House?
Abbas Kiarostami (83 min, 1987)
7:30PM Tuesday, March 2
Student Learning Center 102

The first film in Kiarostami's celebrated Earthquake Trilogy, this neorealist piece follows the young Ahmed on his quest to return a notebook to his schoolmate Mohammed.

Film Reviews

"Those looking for an entry into contemporary Iranian filmmaking should start with 'Where Is the Friend's Home?'"
-Keith Phipps (All Movie Guide)


"Even though very little takes place, the eighty-three minutes seem to fly by in real time."
-John A. Nesbit (CultureDose.net)


"The movie's patient unfolding, simplicity of style, and Ahmad's own behavior exemplifies what can only be termed 'casual humanity' and 'effortless grace'." -Srini Narayanan (Berkeley University)


Interviews with Abbas Kiarostami

"Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian Director"
Film International (Quarterly) - Autumn 1994


"An Interview with Abbas Kiarostami, Director of 'Taste of Cherry'" by David Walsh
World Socialist Web Site - October 1994


"A Debate with Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian Movie Director"
Film International (Quarterly) - Winter 1995


"Taste of Kiarostami" by David Sterritt
Sense of Cinema - July / August 2000


"Meeting Abbas Kiarostami" by Peter Rist
Offscreen - March 6, 2001


"Films Without Borders: Abbas Kiarostami Talks About 'ABC Africa' and Poetic Cinema" by Scott Foundas
Indie Wire - May 16, 2001



Articles

"Before He was Famous" by Jonathan Rosenbaum
The Guardian - September 21, 2002



Other Links

"Address" by Sohrab Sepehri (translated by Mahvash Shahegh)
The poem from which "Where is My Friend's House?" takes its title.



Resources Available at Main Library

Abbas Kiarostami by Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa and Jonathan Rosenbaum
PN1998.3 .K58 S23 2003

Close-Up: Iranian Cinema, Past, Present, and Future by Hamid Dabashi
PN1993.5 .I846 D32 2001


The Oxford history of World Cinema by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith (ed.)
PN1993.5 .A1 O96 1996


Walking With the Wind: Poems by Abbas Kiarostami
PK6561 .K52 H3613 2001

"Life and Nothing More" by Abbas Kiarostami
Media VHS 2799.1


"The Taste of Cherry" by Abbas Kiarostami
ON ORDER


"Where is My Friend's House?" by Abbas Kiarostami
Media VHS 2725.1