Children of Heaven

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Children of Heaven is a critically acclaimed 1997 Iranian drama film directed by Majid Majidi, renowned for its tender portrayal of childhood, poverty, and sibling love in Tehran.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Iranian film
film
AcademyAwardsEdition 71st Academy Awards
ageRating family-friendly
award Best Director at Fajr Film Festival
Best Picture at Montreal World Film Festival
Best Screenplay at Fajr Film Festival
Grand Prix des Amériques at Montreal World Film Festival
cinematographyBy Parviz Malekzadeh
countryOfOrigin Iran
criticalReception critically acclaimed
director Majid Majidi
distributor Miramax Films
editedBy Hassan Hassandoost
genre drama
family
hasAlternativeTitle Bacheha-ye Aseman
mainCharacter Ali
Ali and Zahra's father
Ali and Zahra's mother
Zahra
musicBy Keivan Jahanshahi
narrativeFocus relationship between a brother and sister in a poor family
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
notableFor depiction of urban poverty in Tehran
focus on sibling love
tender portrayal of childhood
originalLanguage Persian
originalTitleLanguage Persian
plotSummary A young boy loses his sister's only pair of shoes, and the siblings share his sneakers in secret while hoping to win a new pair in a school race.
producer Majid Majidi
releaseDate 1997-02-01
releaseYear 1997
runtimeMinutes 89
setInLocation Tehran
setInPeriod 1990s
starring Amir Farrokh Hashemian
Bahare Seddiqi
Mohammad Amir Naji
Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi
theme childhood
dignity in hardship
family relationships
poverty
sibling love
titleLanguage English
writer Majid Majidi

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Iranian cinema notableFilm Children of Heaven
Majid Majidi notableWork Children of Heaven
Majid Majidi directed Children of Heaven
Majid Majidi wrote Children of Heaven