What were the languages spoken in the film? I could make out few words here and there, that resembled Hindi/Urdu.
Needless to say, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie; just like I enjoyed "Children of Heaven".
They are speaking Farsi or Persian, which is in fact related to Hindi-Urdu--they both belong to the Indo-Iranian subfamily.
sharesome of the workers, like Memar and Latif used Azeri Turkish occasionally, throughout the movie. ethnic backgrounds and languages which spoken by the workers are listed on the official website of the film.
http://www.cinemajidi.com/baran/background.html
lol hindu or urdu far off, tehran lateef is kurdish so id say they r speakin kurdish maybe kurdi turkey i dont know or kurdi iraqi but im pritty sure its kurdish
sharethe official website of the movie and majidi himself are explaining that Lateef is an Azeri.
"Lateef, Memar, Faraj are Iranians Azeris. They often speak Turkish or mix the two languages."
http://www.cinemajidi.com/
They often speak Turkish or mix the two languages.
Baran, Rahmat, Soltan, Najaf and the shoemaker are Afghans refugees, they speak Dari.
Lateef, Memar, Faraj are Iranians Azeris. They often speak Turkish or mix the two languages
The worker with whom Lateef fights about the quality of the tea and later on find him in the caretaker room is an Iranian Kurd.
The worker who receives the plaster on his head and later on fights with Lateef is an Iranian Lur.
sinanipek thank you for the detailed explanation. We should add Dari (Eastern Persian) is the literary Persian language variant of Afghanistan.
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