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Dir.: Majid Majidi Born in Tehran in 1959, Majid Majidi studied drama at Tehran University before beginning his cinematic career in 1980 as an actor. He then moved behind the camera to direct several short and medium-length films: "Explosion", "Hudaj", "Examination Day", "The Last Village" (1993, winner of Best Short at the Isfahan Children's Festival) and "God Will Come" (1994). Prior to THE CHILDREN OF HEAVEN, Majidi directed two other features, BADUK (1991) and THE FATHER (1996), both of which were shown at the Montreal World Film Festival. |
THE CHILDREN OF HEAVEN (CO) Dir.: Majid Majidi; Script: Majid Majidi; Phot.: Parviz Malekzade; Ed.: Hassan Hassandoost; Cast: Mohammad Amir Naji, Mir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi; Prod. & Sales: Seyed Sared Seyedzadeh, Kanoon, c/o Farabi Cinema Foundation, 55 Sie-Tir Avenue, Téhéran 11358 (Iran), tél.: (21) 67 10 10, fax: (21) 67 81 55. Ali and Zohre, two children of a poor neighbourhood, are faced with a big problem. Ali has lost the shoes of his little sister while bringing them home from the shoemaker. They can't tell anyone. Zohre has no other shoes to wear to school and their parents don't have the money to buy a new pair. So Ali and Zohre come up with a solution: Zohre will wear Ali's shoes to attend girls' school in the morning and will rush home in time for Ali to wear them to boys' school in the afternoon. Their "solution" requires fine timing and no obstacles. Its story told in a neorealistic style reminiscent of Jafar Panahi's THE WHITE BALLOON, this film provides a glimpse into the daily life of lower-class urban society in contemporary Iran. |
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