Children of Heaven
After a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair.
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Released
- 1997
- Country
- Iran
Details
Release year: 1997
Storyline
After a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair.
Top credits
Reza Naji — Ali's Father (Pedar-e Ali)
Amir Farrokh Hashemian — Ali
Bahare Seddiqi — Zahra- Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi — Roya
Awards
0 wins & 1 nomination
See all awards →Did you know
• In the English DVD version of the film, the epilogue is not translated. The epilogue explains that Ali eventually achieves the larger-scale success of having a racing career.
• First Iranian film to receive nomination for an Academy Award (Best Foreign Language Film of the Year).
• Majid Majidi's first film to be officially submitted to the Academy by Iran which brought the first nomination for an Oscar for him and Iran.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $933,933
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $20,100 (1999-01-24)
User reviews
Oh those golden childhood days...
Very Talented Filmmaking!
ENCHANTING & UPLIFTING EXPERIENCE
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
