First Graders

First Graders

85 mins | Documentary | Jan. 10, 1996

A documentary film about a boys school in Iran. The film shows numerous, funny and moving interviews of many different young pupils of this school summoned by their superintendent for questions of discipline. The man is not severe, but clever and fair. He teaches loyalty, fellowship and righteousness to these boys. Besides these interviews, we see scenes of this school’s quotidian life.

First Graders

85 mins | Documentary | Jan. 10, 1996

First Graders
A documentary film about a boys school in Iran. The film shows numerous, funny and moving interviews of many different young pupils of this school summoned by their superintendent for questions of discipline. The man is not severe, but clever and fair. He teaches loyalty, fellowship and righteousness to these boys. Besides these interviews, we see scenes of this school’s quotidian life.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Centre de l'éveil Intellectuel des Enfants et des Adolescents
Original title اولی هاSo
Directors Abbas Kiarostami
Writers Abbas Kiarostami

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