The White Balloon (Amazon Prime) seems like the simplest of tales:

A little girl, Razieh, wants a plump goldfish for the traditional Persian New Year celebrations. Her family already has a pondful of them, but she insists the ones she wants are prettier and livelier. With her mother reluctant, she conspires with her brother Ali to get hold of a banknote and heads out alone into the bustling streets of Tehran.

What unfolds is a miniature quest narrative, questioning how we consider what we do not see? Whose stories do we overlook? Whose presence do we take for granted? Why is there an ‘us’ we focus on and a ‘them’ we neglect to see?

Ughhhhh. BEAUTIFUL ❤️