Very moving film,despite the fact I do not understand a single word, showing the man made pitiful conditions most of the Afghans lived in. Even under the present Taliban rule things could revert to what we saw those days. Beautiful film with all the characters performing at the highest level despite their age ( especially the two young characters). I wish this film director, who gave the world the epic film the Children of Heaven, which made most of our hearts melt in pain, done it once again with the story of this young girl, Baran. I moan for Iran, the great Persian culture and literature, which has give the world the simple beauty. What has happened to this great people under frantic Islamic religious extremists.