Synopsis
باران
On a building site in present-day Tehran, Lateef, a 17-year-old Turkish worker is irresistibly drawn to Rahmat, a young Afghan worker. The revelation of Rahmat's secret changes both their lives.
Audience Engagement
66 audience reviews — more than 90% of Other Asia films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 87th percentile among Other Asia films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Baran. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Drama + Romance in Other Asia
53 Other Asia titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Baran itself).
The 2000–2002 Other Asia Window
Baran holds position #5 of 20 Other Asia films in the 2000–2002 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Other Asia Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Other Asia, 130 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Baran premiered alongside 6 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 6 other Other Asia films in 2001.
The 120th Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Baran, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- crying · 4
- truck · 3
- construction site · 3
- construction · 3
- shoe · 2
- rain · 15
- teheran (tehran) · 13
- afghanistan · 8
- bus · 7
- tea · 6
- love · 123
- iran · 33
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #96 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (82nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.8 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Drama productions specifically: #71 of 356 (top 20%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Iran |
| Original Language | Persian |
| Spoken Languages | Azerbaijani, Persian |
| Production Companies | Fouad Nahas |
| Runtime | 1h 30m |
| Release Date | January 31, 2001 |
| IMDb | tt0233841 |
| Official Site | baran.cinemajidi.com |