Children of Heaven
Children of Heaven 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.
Plot
Nine year old Ali fetches his six year old sister Zahra's pink shoes after a cobbler has repaired them. While purchasing potatoes, Ali leaves the shoes, hidden in a bag, outside among the vegetables. A homeless man unknowingly picks up the bag, thinking it is garbage. Frantic, Ali, thinking the shoes fell behind the crates, knocks over the display and is chased away by the grocer.
More details
| author | Majid Majidi |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Tehran |
| director | Majid Majidi |
| editor | Hassan Hassandoost |
| genre | adventure drama |
| keywords | converse epilogue first time garden hardworking help hide homeless man how to ill mother injured lose make up morning north tehran pass principal racing car rid sibling think wait warn |
| musicBy | Keivan Jahanshahi |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best International Feature Film |
| producer | Amir Esfandiari Mohammad Esfandiari |
| productionCompany | The Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults |
| publisher | Miramax Films |
| recordedAt | Tehran |
| theme | children's independent |