Where Is the Friend’s House?

Friday, January 2 - Saturday, January 3, 2026

The first film in 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. 

Screening as part of PANAHI & KIAROSTAMI: TWO MASTERS

Previously screened in 2019 as part of Abbas Kiarostami: A Retrospective.

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• Country Iran
• Language In Persian/Farsi with English subtitles.
• Year 1987
• Running Time 84 minutes
• Format DCP
• Distributor Janus
• Director Abbas Kiarostami
• Cast Babak Ahmadpour, Ahmad Ahmadpour
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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