Children of Heaven (1997)

Original title

بچه‌های آسمان

Directed by

Majid Majidi

Genre

drama film, comedy drama, children's film

Country

Iran

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

0

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 727 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two siblings share a pair of shoes after the boy loses his sister's only pair. They work together to solve the problem without upsetting their struggling parents.

heartwarminggentleinnocenttenderslow-movingpoignantearnestoptimistic

What happens

Children of Heaven (Persian: بچه‌های آسمان, romanized: Baččehā-ye āsmān) is a 1997 Iranian family drama film written and directed by Majid Majidi. The plot follows a brother and sister, and their adventures over a lost pair of shoes. It received positive reviews, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1998. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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