The Little Bird Boy
2002, Persian. Directed by Rahbar Ghanbari.
With his father in jail, probably for smuggling alcohol across the barbed-wire border, Behruz and his family are destitute. His love of birds and talent for imitating their songs land him the unhappy job of helping to capture them for a local bird merchant. He meets a girl his own age whose mother comes to Iran to sell clothes, but they leave before he has a chance to say goodbye. Qanbari sticks to images and the children’s plaintive faces, old before their time, to tell his story almost without words. Their delicate emotions are echoed in a local bridegroom’s illegal crossing into Azerbaijan for his own wedding.
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Persian
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- Released
- 23 August 2002
- Original title
- پرندهباز کوچک
- Country
- Iran
- Written by
- Rahbar Ghanbari
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The Little Bird Boy runs 77 minutes (1h 17m).
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The Little Bird Boy isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 August 2002. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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If you liked The Little Bird Boy, try The Young One, Sun Children, Hounddog.
Who directed The Little Bird Boy?
The Little Bird Boy (2002) was directed by Rahbar Ghanbari and stars Samira Alaie, Javad Derakhshan Hassankhani, Reza Naji.