davandeh ( the runner ) be a cinematic ode to the spirit of amiro and a young orphan boy who seek to excel in what ever he do and to know more and look beyond his present boundary and and to seek this knowledge through formal education that have elude him thus far in life . without a doubt and the movie be a treat to watch . the opening shot be of the young boy yell out a greeting at a distant sea vessel . you wonder what be wrong with the kid . a the film progress you learn that he be an orphan . he be a normal kid and yearning to know more about the world beyond his immediate boundariesthe big ship and aircraft symbolize this quest . but then amiro be not a normal kid . he also wish to excel within his known boundary . he try to collect more floating bottle in the sea than other orphan boy of his age so that he can earn more and buy magazine with colorful picture of aircraft . he be a loner ( he live alone in an old grounded ship ) but like to prove his ability to run with his peer and and beat them in marathon race chase move train . the film be call the runner a amiro run ability be underlined three time in the filmfirst he run behind the train and win a psychological race over his peer and then he run after a cyclist who try to avoid pay him for the cool water and catch up with him and and finally run with a block of ice that he have buy while others try to rob him of it and against a backdrop of oil fire . but then aren not we all runner of some sort in real life . naderi amiro become large than life in his next quest . he be persistent in his effort to learn the alphabet by literally knock on the door of the near school . by the end of the film amiro be recite the alphabet he have learn in school while look at the symbol of his quest to reach the unknown distant world and beyond his physical vision . it be a literal and figurative quest . have see amir naderi film aab and baad and khaak ( water and wind and dust ) also with majid niroumand ( amiro of davandeh ) only a day before and davandeh power a great cinema be a trifle dilute . what do naderi aab and baad and khaak present that naderi davandeh could not . 1. davandeh totally excludes woman and which aaab and baad and khaak do not . even in the latter they be marginal . 2. davandeh revolves around an individual and while aaab and baad and khaak be critical of society a see through the eye of a boy . 3. davandeh capture temperature ( ice block vs. burning oil well ) but aaab and baad and khaak be able to capture all the element of nature ( water wind and dust ) that affect the average iranian living on the fringe of society . 4. amiro of davandeh be somewhat large than life in his quest for knowledge unlike his realistic role in aaab and baad and khaak . 5. davandeh lean towards veil political criticism and while aaab and baad and khaak be a pure social and psychological essay without obvious political undertoneswhy be naderi avoid female character . why be davandeh underline that foreign land offer more than one own ( apart from financial disparity ) . it be not surprising that naderi have make these film in iran and win accolade at international film festival and now live in the u far from his native land that provide fodder for his creativity .