Eclipse Series 47: ABBAS KIAROSTAMI: Early Shorts and Features: The Traveler (1974)

KIAROSTAMI, Abbas (Iran)
The Traveler [1974]
Eclipse Series 47
Blu-ray


Abbas Kiarostami’s first feature focuses on a boy in a provincial city so avid to get to Tehran to see a soccer match that he’ll lie to adults and cheat other kids. A quest film that’s also a study of youthful obsession, it’s filmed in edgy black and white with a quiet energy that matches its hero’s. The Traveler has an acridly ironic ending and one of the best performances by a child in Kiarostami’s early work.

74 minutes
Black & White
Monaural
in Persian
1:37:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2025

Directors/Writer


Abbas Kiarostami was 34 when he directed The Traveler.

Other Kiarostami films in the Collection:

Eclipse Series 47: Bread and Alley (1970)
Eclipse Series 47: Breaktime (1972)
Eclipse Series 47: Experience (1973)

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