Sun Children

    Genre
    Drama
  • |
  • Runtime
    99 mins
  • |
  • Rated
    NR
  • |
  • Release Date
    2021
  • |
  • Countries
    Iran
  • |
  • Languages
    Farsi
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Majid Majidi
WRITTEN BY:
Majid Majidin, Nima Javidi
CAST INCLUDES:
Javad Ezati, Tannaz Tabatabaei, Ali Nassirian, Roohollah Zamani, Mohammad Mahdi Mousavifar, Shamila Shirzad

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

Shortlisted for the Academy Award for the Best International Feature Film category, Majid Majidi's (CHILDREN OF HEAVEN, BARAN) SUN CHILDREN is a "visually stunning and emotionally stirring" (Hollywood Reporter) Venice Film Festival award winner, rated an impeccable 95% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. The film follows a 12-year-old, Ali, and his friends who work hard to survive and support their families. In a turn of events that seems miraculous, Ali is entrusted to find hidden treasure underground.

SYNOPSIS

SUN CHILDREN is the story of 12-year-old ALI and his three friends. Together they work hard to survive and support their families, doing small jobs in a garage and committing petty crimes to make fast money. In a turn of events that seems miraculous, Ali is entrusted to find a hidden treasure underground. He recruits his gang, but first, to gain access to the tunnel, the children must enroll at the Sun School, a charitable institution that tries to educate street kids and child laborers, close to where the treasure is located.

Sun Children

    Genre
    Drama
  • |
  • Runtime
    99 mins
  • |
  • Rated
    NR
  • |
  • Release Date
    2021
  • |
  • Countries
    Iran
  • |
  • Languages
    Farsi
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Majid Majidi
WRITTEN BY
Majid Majidin, Nima Javidi
CAST INCLUDES
Javad Ezati, Tannaz Tabatabaei, Ali Nassirian, Roohollah Zamani, Mohammad Mahdi Mousavifar, Shamila Shirzad
Shortlisted for the Academy Award for the Best International Feature Film category, Majid Majidi's (CHILDREN OF HEAVEN, BARAN) SUN CHILDREN is a "visually stunning and emotionally stirring" (Hollywood Reporter) Venice Film Festival award winner, rated an impeccable 95% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. The film follows a 12-year-old, Ali, and his friends who work hard to survive and support their families. In a turn of events that seems miraculous, Ali is entrusted to find hidden treasure underground.

SUN CHILDREN is the story of 12-year-old ALI and his three friends. Together they work hard to survive and support their families, doing small jobs in a garage and committing petty crimes to make fast money. In a turn of events that seems miraculous, Ali is entrusted to find a hidden treasure underground. He recruits his gang, but first, to gain access to the tunnel, the children must enroll at the Sun School, a charitable institution that tries to educate street kids and child laborers, close to where the treasure is located.