Rang-e khoda (1999)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Majid Majidi

Writer:

Majid Majidi (writer)

Release Date:

7 September 2000 (Australia)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Mohammad, a boy at Tehran's institute for the blind, waits for his dad to pick him up for summer vacation...

Plot Keywords:

Bird | Baby Bird | Carpenter | Father Son Relationship | Poverty

Awards:

10 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Hossein Mahjoub	...	Father
Mohsen Ramezani	...	Mohammad
Salameh Feyzi	...	Grandma
Farahnaz Safari	...	Big Sister
Elham Sharifi	...	Little Sister
Behzad Rafi	...	Village Teacher
Mohamad Rahmani	...	Schoolteacher
Morteza Fatemi	...	Carpenter
Kamal Mirkarimi	...	Schoolmaster
Masoome Zinati	...	Young woman
Zahra Mizani	...	Schoolteacher
Ahmed Aminian	...	Young Wife's Father
Moghadam Behboodi	...	Village Headmaster
GanAli Khorami	...	Villager

Also Known As:

The Color of Paradise (USA)
The Colour of Paradise (Australia)

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Iran

Language:

Persian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Malaysia:U | Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G (alternate rating) | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Hong Kong:I | Spain:T | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:PG

Company:

Varahonar Company

Trivia:

Selected as Iran's submission in the Best Foreign Film category for the 2000 Oscars.

Quotes:

Mohammad: [crying] Our teacher says that God loves the blind more because they can't see. But I told him if it was so, He would not make us blind so that we can't see Him. He answered "God is not visible. He is everywhere. You can feel Him. You see Him through your fingertips." / Now I reach out everywhere for God till the day my hands touch Him and tell Him everything, even all the secrets in my heart.

Make every effort to see this movie

I urge you to try to see this movie. The acting is brilliant but totally natural. I don't recall ever seeing a child who is as fine an actor as the boy who played Mohammed, and not for a moment did his "acting" ever get in the way of the story. The cinematography is breath-taking. I'm sure no one who has not been to Iran has any idea at all that it is this beautiful. There is plenty of symbolism for any particular point of view, which makes it fun to talk about after you see it, and although it is probably intended to be religious from the Islam point of view, you could probably find in this movie your own brand of spirituality, or lack of it, if you cared to try. I, a typically cynical and jaded New Yorker, and my completely enthusiastic and non-jaded adolescent daughter, both loved it and hope to see it again. So go see it and make it a success so we can get more movies like it over here!!