Children of Heaven

Name: Children of Heaven
Genre: Drama, Sport, Family
Released: January 22, 1999
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 77
Cast: Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi, Behzad Rafi, Dariush Mokhtari, Fereshte Sarabandi

1999

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Miramax | Release Date: January 22, 1999 | PG

Starring: Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi, Behzad Rafi, Dariush Mokhtari, Fereshte Sarabandi, Kamal Mirkarimi, Masume Dair, Mohammad Amir Naji, Mohammad-Hasan Hosseinian, Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi

Summary: When Ali loses his sister Zahra's school shoes, this young pair dream up a plan to stay out of trouble: they'll share his shoes and keep it a secret from their parents. But if they're going to successfully cover their tracks, Ali and Zahra must carefully watch their step on what rapidly turns into a funny and heartwarming adventure.

Director: Majid Majidi

Genre(s): Drama, Sport, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 89 min

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David Sterritt

This modestly produced family drama has all the poignancy and humor associated with today's vibrant Iranian film industry. Read full review

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Michael Wilmington

Though Majidi draws from familiar Iranian sources, he's made something unique and moving: a sweet tale with a stirring finish. Read full review

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Roger Ebert

Children of Heaven is very nearly a perfect movie for children, and of course that means adults will like it, too. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Much humor and suspense is wrung from incidents that would be minuscule from anything but a child’s p.o.v., many repeated until they become ingenious running gags. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

The poverty that is at the heart of the situation is in prominent relief, yet there is a happiness about their lives that defies sheer gloss. Here is a brother and sister who truly love each other and are bonded by their complicity. Read full review

Peter Stack

Haunting in its charm, Children of Heaven opens a window on both contemporary Tehran and the hopeful heart of childhood. This lovely, amusing film deserves a big audience -- especially families. It touches on the innocence of children with tremendous affection. Read full review

Michael Atkinson

Clumsily staged (a bike accident any 15-year-old Super-8 maven could’ve cut better), lit like a soap opera, and acted with all the bribed relish of a peanut butter commercial, Majidi’s movie is merely the simplistic bid being made by every national industry impatient for mass audience attention. Gallingly, it may succeed. Read full review

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meydianarizki21

Oct 17, 2020

There are many lessons that I can learn from this film, starting from the poverty that has been told in this film, then the gratitude that we must exemplify from these 2 poor younger siblings, and we as younger people must respect our parents and even have to be concerned when theThere are many lessons that I can learn from this film, starting from the poverty that has been told in this film, then the gratitude that we must exemplify from these 2 poor younger siblings, and we as younger people must respect our parents and even have to be concerned when the circumstances of our life are complicated. Thank you for the work of this film, I really appreciate the storyline that this film has provided… Expand

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