Where is the Friend's Home?

A classic of humanist filmmaking and a seminal work of Iranian cinema, Where is the Friend's Home? is set in a northern Iranian village where a little boy, Ahmad, discovers that he has accidentally taken home his school friend's notebook. Knowing that his friend has been threatened with expulsion if he does not do his homework, but not knowing where he lives, Ahmad wanders the streets and hills in increasing panic as darkness falls. Rebuffed and thwarted by adults at every turn, Ahmad finally arrives back at home and commits an act of great generosity to save his friend.