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- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC/EAN: 786936190908
- WAPI (Tower ID): 107055046
- Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
- Release Date: September 3, 2002
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #8155 in Movies (See Top 100 Movies Bestsellers)
- #98 in World Cinema (See Top 100 World Cinema Bestsellers)
- #13 in Foreign Films, General (See Top 100 Foreign Films, General Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Children of Heaven" starring Amir Farrokh Hashemian to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Children of Heaven"Browse more products related to "Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi and Majid Majidi"ReviewEntertainment Weekly, 10/01/1999, p.79, "...Crowd pleaser..." -- Rating: B+ - Recommended Total Film, 08/01/2000, p.94, "...Beguiling stuff..." Chicago Sun-Times, 02/05/1999, p.46, "...[The film] glows with a kind of good-hearted purity..." New York Times, 01/22/1999, p.E20, "...CHILDREN OF HEAVEN does provide a kindly, enveloping sense of Iranian life and customs..." USA Today, 01/22/1999, p.11E, "...Touching....Clearly inspired by the filmmaking style of THE BICYCLE THIEF and other Italian neo-realist classics....This movie would be perfect for kids..." Los Angeles Times, 01/22/1999, p.F8, "...CHILDREN OF HEAVEN has a glowing look....This film leaves you moved..." Distributor NoteChildren Of Heaven Release NoteDVD Features: DVD Features: Product NotesIn this simple family drama from Iran, two children invent an intricate plan to conceal the loss of a pair of shoes. Ali (Amir Farrokh Hashemian) and his sister Zhara (Bahare Seddiqi) are living in a poor neighborhood. Their mother is suffering from illness and their father is overworked and underpaid. When Ali is sent out to pick up his sister's shoes, a blind street peddler accidentally swipes them. Afraid that he will get a beating if his parents find out, he and Zhara concoct a plan by which she will wear Ali's sneakers to school in the morning and he will wear them to school in the afternoon. But the plan has its flaws because Ali is late to school everyday and his principal threatens to expel him. In a final act of determination, Ali enters a race to win the third place prize, a new pair of sneakers. Majidi's acclaimed film is an example of a current trend in Iranian cinema where children are used as central characters in order to circumvent censorship issues. His later film THE COLOR OF PARADISE about a little blind boy received similar international critical attention. CHILDREN OF HEAVEN received an Academy Award Nomination in 1998 for Best Foreign Film. If You Enjoy "Children of Heaven (DVD)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Children of Heaven (DVD)"There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review!
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