Baran (Persian: باران) is a 2001 Iranian film directed by Majid Majidi, The movie is set during recent times in which there are a large number of Afghan refugees living on the outskirts of Tehran. Almost a silent movie, Baran won a number of awards both nationally and internationally for the director and writer Majid Majidi. The movie is about maturing of the character Lateef and his silent romantic interests in an Afghan refugee, Baran, in the construction site where he works. Baran's father is injured at work and so she disguises as a boy in order to work.