A stolen Oscar, two broke kids, and a guy who runs a dump—Iran's most charming heist movie.
In a small provincial Iranian town, the children work hard to support their families. One day nine-year-old Yahya and his friend Leyla find a precious statue. Sharing a passion for cinema, Yahya's boss Naser Khan decides to help them find the owner.
Acting
Reza Naji's gruff tenderness steals every scene.
Direction
Nazer turns a garbage dump into pure movie magic.
Writing
A script that loves its characters too much to judge them.
Director
Hassan Nazer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Oscar statue in the film is a real Academy Award that Hassan Nazer won for his 2022 short film 'Identibye'—making this possibly cinema's first Oscar-starring-in-a-movie-about-Oscars moment.
Nazer cast actual child laborers from Iranian recycling centers; Parsa Maghami (Yahya) had never acted before and was discovered working at a dump in Mashhad.
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