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Taivaan lapset

Original title: Bacheha-Ye aseman
  • 19971997
  • PGPG
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
75K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
6,003
2,510
Taivaan lapset (1997)
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After a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair.After a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair.After a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair.

IMDb RATING
8.2/10
75K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
6,003
2,510
  • Director
    • Majid Majidi
  • Writer
    • Majid Majidi
  • Stars
    • Mohammad Amir Naji
    • Amir Farrokh Hashemian
    • Bahare Seddiqi
Top credits
  • Director
    • Majid Majidi
  • Writer
    • Majid Majidi
  • Stars
    • Mohammad Amir Naji
    • Amir Farrokh Hashemian
    • Bahare Seddiqi
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 203User reviews
    • 63Critic reviews
    • 77Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
  • Top rated movie #178
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 13 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Bahare Seddiqi stars as Zohre
    Amir Farrokh Hashemian stars as Ali
    Amir Farrokh Hashemian with director Majid Majidi
    Taivaan lapset (1997)
    Taivaan lapset (1997)
    Mohammad Amir Naji in Taivaan lapset (1997)
    Amir Farrokh Hashemian in Taivaan lapset (1997)
    Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Dariush Mokhtari, and Behzad Rafi in Taivaan lapset (1997)
    Taivaan lapset (1997)
    Amir Farrokh Hashemian in Taivaan lapset (1997)
    Bahare Seddiqi in Taivaan lapset (1997)
    Taivaan lapset (1997)

    Top cast

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    Mohammad Amir Naji
    Mohammad Amir Naji
    • Ali's Father
    • (as Amir Naji)
    Amir Farrokh Hashemian
    Amir Farrokh Hashemian
    • Ali
    • (as Mir Farrokh Hashemian)
    Bahare Seddiqi
    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
    Zahra Mirzai
    • Zahra's Teacher
    Sara Zamani
    • Trainer
    Mohammad Haj-Hosseini
    • Mosque Servant
    • Director
      • Majid Majidi
    • Writer
      • Majid Majidi
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      First Iranian film to receive nomination for an Academy Award (Best Foreign Language Film of the Year).
    • Goofs
      When Ali and Zahra are meeting to swap shoes in the rain, we follow Zahra running through the soaking streets. When it cuts to the alley where the swap takes place, the ground is completely dry. After they split, we follow them running through a street which is watered down.
    • Quotes

      Ali: Zahra, I have good news.

      Zahra: What news?

      Ali: I am selected for the race.

      Zahra: What race?

      Ali: Long-Distance Running. The third-best runner gets a pair of new sneakers.

      Zahra: Why the third?

      Ali: The First and Second prizes are something else. If I come in third, I'll give you the sneakers.

      Zahra: But those shoes are for boys.

      Ali: I'll exchange them. I'll get a pair of girl's shoes for you.

      Zahra: What if you don't come in third?

      Ali: I'll be third for sure.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Message in a Bottle/My Favorite Martian/Children of Heaven/Blast from the Past/God Said, 'Ha!' (1999)

    User reviews203

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    a work of art
    The wonderful Iranian film "Children of Heaven" and its companion piece, "The White Balloon", remind one of those great Czechoslovakian films of the 1960's ("The Shop on Main Street," "Loves of a Blonde," etc.) in that they achieve their artistry by providing keenly observed glimpses into the minutiae of everyday life. They also help to humanize a culture often regarded as alien and even incomprehensible to western eyes. Above all, this magnificent film reminds us that real drama comes not in the form of over-plotted special effects-laden extravaganzas, but from films that examine the universal simplicities of life as we all know it. When it is distilled through the eyes of a poet - this is when art is achieved.

    "Children of Heaven" has its roots planted firmly in the neorealist tradition. Its simple story echoes not merely the earlier "The White Balloon" but the original Italian classic, "The Bicycle Thief." In this film, young Ali accidentally loses his sister's recently mended shoes; out of this tale of utmost simplicity, the filmmakers take us on a fascinating tour of life in a typical Iranian village and family. As Ali and his sister scheme to overcome this obstacle, the film touches on any number of universal themes: the close ties of siblings united in their common bond of avoiding often irrational parental anger; well meaning, loving parents overwhelmed with the trials of everyday life who are often compelled to act out in ways that seem cruel to the children who adore them; the petty viciousness with which children often strike out at each other, yet, at the same time, the often unexpected kindness and empathy with which they also treat one another. The film manages to keep the audience constantly engrossed in its action without once resorting to even a smidgen of incredibility or melodrama. Beautifully directed, with a superb soundtrack filled with heightened naturalistic noises, it is a film of many-splendored wonders, its lyricism caught in a glimpse of soap bubbles floating around a backyard produced by two children abandoned to their moment of incomprehensible youthful joy, its high drama found in a shoe racing down a city sewer with a desperate young girl in tow.

    The actors, children and adults alike, underplay their roles in so naturalistic a fashion that one does not even feel they are performing at all; the film, through them, becomes a magical fabric of life that draws the audience deep into its world.

    "Children of Heaven" brilliantly demonstrates that works of art often arise from the observation of the most seemingly mundane concerns of daily life and reminds us that this provides far more drama than all the exploding spaceships, car chases and hyperkinetic melodrama that flood the screen in the guise of entertainment. It certainly shows just how phony, empty and bereft of life most American films are. Don't miss "Children of Heaven"! It is a richly rewarding experience.
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    5
    • Buddy-51
    • Jan 4, 2000

    Details

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    • Release date
      • 1997 (Iran)
    • Country of origin
      • Iran
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Language
      • Persian
    • Also known as
      • Children of Heaven
    • Filming locations
      • Tehran, Iran
    • Production company
      • Kanun parvaresh fekri
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $180,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $933,933
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $20,100
      • Jan 24, 1999
    • Gross worldwide
      • $933,933
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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