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As you probably know, a great many of the films made in Iran since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 have been about children. Certainly the most poetic and beautiful of these are the works of Abbas Kiarostami whose body of work predates the Revolution. His most lovely works that deal with children are, I think, Homework, Traveler and Where is the House of the Friend. White Balloon that you mentioned was made by Panahi but based on a story by Kiarostami. Another Iranian director Majidi made two films The Color of Paradise and the Children of Heaven that I like a great deal less but that were very successful (commercially released in the U.S. by Miramax). I recently saw an Italian film called I Am Not Scared about that I like although it falls a little too much in the pat/cute Majidi category than in the more truly amazing Kiarostami one... D. [log in to unmask] _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963