Goodbye Friend (2003): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2003, Goodbye Friend is a drama and war film, running about 84 minutes.

What it’s about. The First Tale, "Goodbye Friend": Years after the Iran-Iraq war, a midnight, Moslem, a chemically poisoned veteran, decides to go to the Behesht-e Zahra. In Behesh-e Zahra, Moslem meets his martyred friends and rides around the city on a motorcycle with them. In the morning, his mother finds the Moslem’s dead body on his bed. The Second Tale, "The Momentary Rainbow": A film crew is filming the memorials of the war. Suddenly two Basij members demand the crew to listen to their memories of the war. The crew made an appointment for tomorrow but they don’t show up. The crew goes on a search to find them. They were martyrs. The Third Tale, "The Glass Flower": A young girl spends hours in the train station with a lantern and a bouquet of flowers. She is waiting to hand the flowers to one of the soldiers on their way to the war. Later, everyone finds out that she only hands her flowers to a soldier that will soon become a martyr.

Who’s in it. Goodbye Friend stars Kaveh Khodashenas as Moslem, Babak Noori as director, Kaveh Mahdavi as Morteza and Babak Eslami as Asghar, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 10.0/10, Goodbye Friend sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Goodbye Friend page.

If you liked it. Fans of Goodbye Friend tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.