Bacheha-Ye aseman (1997)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Majid Majidi

Writer:

Majid Majidi (writer)

Release Date:

22 January 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

A Little Secret...Their Biggest Adventure

Plot:

Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre...

Plot Keywords:

Shoes | School | Bicycle Accident | Bubble | Blind Man

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 10 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Mohammad Amir Naji	...	Ali's Father (as Amir Naji)
Amir Farrokh Hashemian	...	Ali (as Mir Farrokh Hashemian)
Bahare Seddiqi	...	Zahra
Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi	...	Roya
Fereshte Sarabandi	...	Ali's Mother
Kamal Mirkarimi	...	Assistant (as Kamal Mir Karimi)
Behzad Rafi	...	Trainer (as Behzad Rafiee)
Dariush Mokhtari	...	Ali's Teacher
Mohammad-Hasan Hosseinian	...	Roya's Father
Masume Dair	...	Roya's Mother
Kambiz Peykarnegar	...	Race Organizer
Hasan Roohparvari	...	Race Photographer
Abbas-Ali Roomandi	...	Shoemaker
Jafar Seyfollahi	...	Green Grocer
Qolamreza Maleki	...	Salt Seller

Also Known As:

Children of Heaven (USA)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

Iran

Language:

Persian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | UK:12 (TV rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | France:U | Hong Kong:I | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | USA:PG | Peru:PT

Filming Locations:

Tehran, Iran

Company:

The Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults

Trivia:

In the English DVD version of the film, the epilogue is not translated. The epilogue explains that Ali eventually achieves the larger-scale success of having a racing career.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Eisai to tairi mou: (#1.2)" (2001)

ENCHANTING & UPLIFTING EXPERIENCE

What a marvelous thing film can be. It can touch us and open our hearts to a culture that is both different and familiar to ours. CHILDREN OF HEAVEN, a film by Iranian filmmaker, Majid Majidi, takes us into the world of a little boy and his sister, letting us feel the love and trust that they have in each other. The boy, through no fault of his own, loses his little sister's newly repaired school shoes the day before she needs them. It becomes their secret. They try sharing a pair of his sneakers -- the girl wearing them in the morning and he in the afternoon to school. The wonderful, innocent faces of the beautiful Iranian children and their code of honor, even in poverty, provides the bases for a very uplifting tale of children trying to overcome a crisis. The direction, cinematography, music are all outstanding -- but it is the children that you will fall in love with. Well worth picking up on DVD (though there are no "Extras" to speak of).