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THE CHILDREN OF HEAVEN
(IRAN, 1997 90 min. FARSI)
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FRI. 10/24 SUN. 10/26 |
9:45 PM 5:30 PM |
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10/24 MANN'S CHINESE 10/26 LAEMMLE'S MONICA THEATER #3 |
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Ali and Zohre, two children of a poor neighborhood, are faced with a big problem. Ali has lost the shoes of his little sister while bringing them home from the shoemaker. They can't tell anyone. Zohre has no other shoes to wear to school and their parents don't have the money to buy a new pair. So Ali and Zohre come up with a solution: Zohre will wear Ali's shoes to attend girls' school in the morning and will rush home in time for Ali to wear them to boys' school in the afternoon. Their 'solution' requires fine timing and no obstacles.
Its story told in a neorealistic style reminiscent of Jafar Panahi's THE WHITE BALLOON, this film provides a glimpse into the daily life of lower-class urban society in contemporary Iran.
DIR Majid Majidi EXEC PROD Seijed Saeed Seyedzadeh PROD Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults SCR Majid Majidi DP Parviz Malekzade CAST Hassa Hassandoosl, Mohammad Amir Naji, Mir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddigi DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY:
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