Zir-e noor-e maah (2001)

In what I am now discovering to be a typical Iranian style (if it is a formula it is a rather complex one) Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi's Under the Moonlight starts with a simple trigger and goes on to take serious shape. A madarada student doesn't really want to become a priest and go to back to village finally decides to do it for his father's sake. He buys cloth and shoes for the ceremony, which is stolen by an urchin on the train. The rest of the movie is this guys hunt for the stolen goods, his meeting "people under the bridge" where the urchin hangs out and discovering things more important then ceremonies. Perhaps a little naive, black and white; the poor are essentially nice people suffering for no fault of theirs. Still, very touching. 7/10.

I have seen now a few "hunting for stolen goods" movies. From best southwards, I would order them Nora Inu, Blue Umbrella and then this, Under the Moonlight.