Skip to main content

The Traveler

The Traveler | Mosāfer | مسافر

English, PersianDrama 73 min 1974

Ḥasan Dārābī, a ten-year-old in a small Iranian town becomes obsessed with one goal: getting to Tehran to watch the Iran national football team play. Largely ignored at home and unwilling to accept “no” as an answer, he sets out to gather the money he needs for the trip and the match ticket by lying, cheating, and scamming friends, classmates, and neighbors.

Director
Abbas Kiarostami
Writer
Abbas Kiarostami
Cinematography
Fīrūzeh Malekzādeh
Editor
Amīrḥoseyn Ḥāmī
ʿAbbās Kīyārostamī
Music
Kāmbīz Roshanravān
Production Company
Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adult

Cast
Masʿūd Zandbagleh, Moṣṭafā Ṭārī, Ḥasan Dārābī, Ḥasan ʿArab