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AAB, BAAD, KHAAK

Title: آب، باد، خاک
Roman transliteration of title: Aab, baad, khaak
English translation of title: Water, Wind, Dust
Year of release: officially 1989, when it first began to be shown at film festivals, though the film was actually produced in 1985.
Director: Amir Naderi, who also directed Davandeh... / The Runner, which also starred Madjid Niroumand
Principal boy actor: Madjid Niroumand
Country of Production: Iran
Genre: Drama
Length: 1 hour, 6 minutes
Language: Persian (Farsi)
Availability: The only file the editor is aware of is a rather poor quality recording. The film does not seem to have had any official release on any format.
Subtitles: Available from opensubtitles.org (file uploaded by 'diogenes')

Synopsis
A boy, returning home after an absence, finds that the family home is deserted and that nearly everyone has left the village due to a severe drought, so he spends the remainder of the film rather aimlessly looking around, showing kindness to strangers and seeking water in an incredibly harsh and unforgiving landscape.

Production photo, showing Madjid Niroumand, third from left

Photo of Madjid Niroumand in Water, Wind, Dust

Screenshots
(Picture quality is too poor for larger images to show more detail)