Once I have read the review of an Iranian movie ‘Children of heaven’. Since then I wanted to watch and that recently happened. The movie is all about the affection between two kids Ali and his sister Zahra from a poor family. Ali loses Zahra’s shoes. Knowing the family situation she doesn’t let her parents know about this rather they plan to share Ali’s shoes. She wears the shoes to the school and after her classes are over she runs faster to give it to Ali who is waiting on the way to his school.
When she comes to know that some other girl in her school wears her own shoes she follows her to find out her home. The touching scene is when both brother and sister knows that the other girl is poor they leave the place without asking her about the shoe.
Ali’s school announces a pair of shoes as third prize in a running race and he promises his sister that he would win the shoes. In the race he runs, runs thinking of the hardships Zahra faced with the tattered shoes. This made him run faster and faster. Ali is declared as the winner of the race.
What happens next? What did he tell her sister about the race? In the final scenes of the movie both the kids don’t even utter a word, they have given their wonderful performance with their facial expressions. The movie ends with a final shot showing the blisters on Ali’s feet.
The director has narrated the story with no much dialogue. All characters as very simple and honest, one such scene the little girl gives back the pen to Zahra when she left it on the road, portraying that she dint steal her shoes. This is a perfect movie for children. Mild background music, narrow Iranian streets, the poor family situation in the kids’ eyes and much more are there, everyone should watch this once.
When she comes to know that some other girl in her school wears her own shoes she follows her to find out her home. The touching scene is when both brother and sister knows that the other girl is poor they leave the place without asking her about the shoe.
Ali’s school announces a pair of shoes as third prize in a running race and he promises his sister that he would win the shoes. In the race he runs, runs thinking of the hardships Zahra faced with the tattered shoes. This made him run faster and faster. Ali is declared as the winner of the race.
What happens next? What did he tell her sister about the race? In the final scenes of the movie both the kids don’t even utter a word, they have given their wonderful performance with their facial expressions. The movie ends with a final shot showing the blisters on Ali’s feet.
The director has narrated the story with no much dialogue. All characters as very simple and honest, one such scene the little girl gives back the pen to Zahra when she left it on the road, portraying that she dint steal her shoes. This is a perfect movie for children. Mild background music, narrow Iranian streets, the poor family situation in the kids’ eyes and much more are there, everyone should watch this once.
3 comments:
Thanks for letting kno atleast,abt such kinda films,...
Watched this movie! A very simple yet awesome movie!
I loved one particular scene.. when Zahra try to catch one of the shoe that fell into a drainage..
completely awesome movie!
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