
The Bread and Alley
Jan 01 1970
•0h 12m
•Drama
Returning from an errand to buy bread, a boy finds a menacing dog blocking his way through the alley he must go down to get home. Frightened by the dog's barking, he asks various passers-by for help but no-one pays him any attention, and he must find a solution all by himself: he throws the dog a piece of bread and, while the animal is devouring it, he continues on his way home.
Cast
See allReza Hashemi
Mehdi Shahravanfar
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