Children of Heaven

    Genre
    Drama, Family, Sport
  • |
    • Runtime
    89 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    PG
  • |
    • Release Date
    1997
  • |
    • Countries
    Iran
  • |
    • Languages
    Persian
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Majid Majidi
WRITTEN BY:
Majid Majidi
CAST INCLUDES:
Mohammad Amir Naji, Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

After a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair. From director/writer Majid Majidi (CHILDREN OF HEAVEN), this documentary-like film was shot on location in some of Tehran's poorest areas. Chicago Sun-Times raves, "CHILDREN OF HEAVEN is very nearly a perfect movie for children, and of course that means adults will like it, too."

SYNOPSIS

When young Ali (Amir Farrokh Hashemian) accidentally loses the only pair of shoes his little sister Zahra (Bahare Seddiqi) owns, the siblings attempt to hide the bad news from their poverty-stricken father (Mohammad Amir Naji) and ill mother (Fereshte Sarabandi). They devise a scheme to share Ali’s own pair of worn sneakers until they can find a new pair of shoes for Zahra.

Children of Heaven

    Genre
    Drama, Family, Sport
  • |
    • Runtime
    89 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    PG
  • |
    • Release Date
    1997
  • |
    • Countries
    Iran
  • |
    • Languages
    Persian
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Majid Majidi
WRITTEN BY
Majid Majidi
CAST INCLUDES
Mohammad Amir Naji, Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi
After a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair. From director/writer Majid Majidi (CHILDREN OF HEAVEN), this documentary-like film was shot on location in some of Tehran's poorest areas. Chicago Sun-Times raves, "CHILDREN OF HEAVEN is very nearly a perfect movie for children, and of course that means adults will like it, too."

When young Ali (Amir Farrokh Hashemian) accidentally loses the only pair of shoes his little sister Zahra (Bahare Seddiqi) owns, the siblings attempt to hide the bad news from their poverty-stricken father (Mohammad Amir Naji) and ill mother (Fereshte Sarabandi). They devise a scheme to share Ali’s own pair of worn sneakers until they can find a new pair of shoes for Zahra.

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