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(aka "Khane-ye doust kodjast" or "Where is the Friend's Home?" or "Where is the Friend's House?")
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
USA 1987
The first film in Abbas Kiarostami’s sublime, interlacing Koker Trilogy takes a simple premise—a boy searches for the home of his classmate, whose school notebook he has accidentally taken—and transforms it into a miraculous child’s-eye adventure of the everyday. As our young hero zigzags determinedly across two towns, aided (and sometimes misdirected) by those he encounters, his quest becomes both a revealing portrait of rural Iranian society in all its richness and complexity and a touching parable about the meaning of personal responsibility. Sensitive and profound, Where Is the Friend’s House? is shot through with all the beauty, tension, and wonder a single day can contain. *** Before he captured the top prize at Cannes for A Taste of Cherry, Abbas Kiarostami made three films set in the northern Iranian cities of Koker and Poshteh which became known as his "Earthquake Trilogy." Where is the Friends Home? is the first of these and opens in an unkempt Koker classroom where a browbeating teacher informs young Nematzadeh (Ahmed Ahmed Poor) of an impending expulsion as his 3rd infraction of having incomplete homework. Our plot has begun. Both engaging and unassuming, this is a film of classic depth by Kiarostami - one of his best.... much better experienced than discussed. |
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Theatrical Release: February 1st, 1987 (Fajr Film Festival)
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InSight Films - Region 1- NTSC vs. Criterion - Region 'A' / 'B' - Blu-ray
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Also available on Blu-ray in the UK by Criterion in September 2019: |
Distribution | InSight Films - Region 1 - NTSC | Criterion Spine #990 - Region 'A' / 'B' - Blu-ray |
Runtime | 1:19:48 | 1:23:26.835 |
Video |
1.52:1 Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 6.29 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
1.66:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 48,771,954,705 bytes Feature: 25,171,980,288 bytes Video Bitrate: 36.08 Mbps Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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Audio | Farsi (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) | LPCM Audio Persian 1152 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1152 kbps / 24-bit |
Subtitles | English (burned-in) | English, None |
Features |
Release Information:
Edition Details: • "Where is the Friend's Home" Screensaver
• MP3 music from the closing credits
accessible on DVD-Rom |
Release Information: Studio: Criterion
1.66:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 48,771,954,705 bytes Feature: 25,171,980,288 bytes Video Bitrate: 36.08 Mbps Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details:
• Homework (1989), a feature-length documentary by
director Abbas Kiarostami, newly restored (1:17:32) The Koker Trilogy Blu-ray package has a liner notes booklet with an essay by Cheshire.
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NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.
ADDITION: Criterion
Blu-ray
(July 2019): Criterion have transferred Abbas Kiarostami's "Where Is
My Friend's House?" to
Blu-ray
as part of their 3-disc Koker Trilogy
Blu-ray
set that also includes "Through
the Olive Trees" and "And
Life Goes On". It is advertised as a "New 2K digital restoration"
and for the most part, looks quite impressive. The only real noticeable
issue is due to some visible print damage, resulting in a handful of shots appearing to
flicker (this is not apparent in any captures I was able to take, though if
you focus on the white walls in many scenes, you will see said flickering)
with some frame-specific vertical scratches or marks. Despite that caveat,
there is a giant leap in detail over the previous SD version that Gary
reviewed over 15-years ago. The film's colors are of a somewhat muted
palette, some teals do show up here, though this seems to be a more faithful
rendering than the previous DVD. This is a dual-layered
Blu-ray
with one of the most maxed-out bitrates we have ever seen. Impressive. *** ON THE DVD: Firstly, yes the image is a little soft, but you must accept the deplorable condition this print (one of the few available) was in. You can trust me that this is far superior to ANY VHS copies of this film that I have seen. I am quite impressed with this first offering from InSight Films. This is a real step forward in offering some classic world cinema films on DVD that have, until now, remained buried in decrepit prints and pirated copies. Not only have they anamorphisized the 1.52 aspect ratio image without a hitch, the sound is likewise been cleaned up, yet not altered from its original 2 track mono. Bravo InSight Films! |
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Also available on Blu-ray in the UK by Criterion in September 2019: |
Distribution | InSight Films - Region 1 - NTSC | Criterion - Region 'A' - Blu-ray |
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