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7.6/10
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Several people try to help a little girl to find the money her mom gave her to buy a goldfish with.Several people try to help a little girl to find the money her mom gave her to buy a goldfish with.Several people try to help a little girl to find the money her mom gave her to buy a goldfish with.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 3 nominations
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Storyline
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- TriviaThe film unfolds in real time.
- Quotes
Ali: You're whining again!
Razieh: Mom refuses to give me money for the goldfish.
Ali: Don't you like ours?
Razieh: You call these goldfish, you haven't seen the others. It's as though they're dancing when they move their fins. And they've got so many fins.
Ali: How much?
Razieh: The shopkeeper said 100 tomans.
Ali: 100 tomans! You want to pay 100 tomans for a goldfish. You can watch two films with that money. You're nuts.
- ConnectionsFeatured in A Story of Children and Film (2013)
Featured review
The quest of a little girl to buy a goldfish, and the swindlers in her way who try to take advantage of her innocence.
It was my big sister's turn to pick a film to go to when we were gorging ourselves in what the Reykjavik cinema festival had to offer back in the days. Didn't expect anything but mushy boredom for an hour and a half. Instead of the sentimental torture I had braced myself for, I became spellbound by this beautiful story that totally held me captivated right from the beginning to the end. The little girl, Aida who plays the protagonist, was ever so sincere and true in her role that you forgot you were watching a film, and even I felt a couple of masculine tears running down my cheeks. The White Balloon is simply a gorgeous film and it's out of the blue quirky humor elevates it even further. Even with the wet towel slap in the end, I truly loved the whole of this Persian confect buffet down to it's last bit, ... and still do!
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- Evil_baron
- Jun 29, 2007
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- Also known as
- El globo blanco
- Filming locations
- Kashan, Iran(location)
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Box office
- Budget
- $150,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $924,940
- Gross worldwide
- $924,940
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