The Children of Heaven
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Majid Majidi
Amir Naji
Mir Farrokh Hashemian
Bahare Seddiqi
Kamal Mirkarimi
Fereshteh Sarabandi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Eight-year-old Ali and his younger sister Zahra are accustomed to taking care of the many daily responsibilities in their family. When Ali loses his sister's newly repaired pink shoes, its disasterous because she has no other pair. Ali begs Zahra to keep quiet until he can recover them. When the shoes eventually turn up, they are on the feet of another little girl who probably needs them just as much as Zahra. Finally, Ali rests his hopes on a citywide footrace for third and fourth-graders where the third prize is a pair of shoes.
Director
Majid Majidi
Cast
Amir Naji
Mir Farrokh Hashemian
Bahare Seddiqi
Kamal Mirkarimi
Fereshteh Sarabandi
Behzad Rafi'i
Nafiseh Jafar Mohammadi
Crew
Hashem Attar
Mohammad Reza Delpak
Amir Esfandiari
Mohammad Esfandiari
Hassan Hassan-doost
Naazi Heshmati
Keivan Jahan-shahi
Majid Majidi
Parviz Malekzaade
Mohsen Musavi
Yadollah Najafi
Asghar Nezhad Imani
Asghar Nezhad Imani
Ali-reza Sabzevari
Seyed Saeed Seyed-zadeh
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Grand Prix of the Americas (Best Picture) and the People's Award at the 1997 Montreal World Film Festival.
Expanded Release in United States February 5, 1999
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States February 1999
Released in United States January 1999
Released in United States June 1998
Released in United States March 1998
Released in United States October 1997
Released in United States October 1998
Released in United States on Video September 14, 1999
Released in United States September 1997
Released in United States Winter January 22, 1999
Shown at Cleveland International Film Festival March 19-29, 1998.
Shown at Fajr International Film Festival February 1-10, 1999.
Shown at Filmfest DC in Washington, DC April 22 - May 3,
Shown at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival October 28 - November 15, 1998.
Shown at Hamburg Film Festival September 25 - October 2, 1997.
Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Contemporary International Cinema) in East Hampton, New York October 14-18, 1998.
Shown at Mill Valley Film Festival October 1-11, 1998.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (in competition) August 22 - September 2, 1997.
Shown at Newport International Film Festival June 2-7, 1998.
Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival January 7-18, 1999.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 5-15, 1998.
Shown at Sarajevo Film Festival September 2-10, 1997.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 21 - June 14, 1998.
1998.
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Hamburg Film Festival September 25 - October 2, 1997.)
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (in competition) August 22 - September 2, 1997.)
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival October 28 - November 15, 1998.)
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 21 - June 14, 1998.)
Released in United States January 1999 (Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival January 7-18, 1999.)
Released in United States Winter January 22, 1999
Released in United States February 1999 (Shown at Fajr International Film Festival February 1-10, 1999.)
Expanded Release in United States February 5, 1999
Released in United States March 1998 (Shown at Cleveland International Film Festival March 19-29, 1998.)
Released in United States March 1998 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 5-15, 1998.)
Released in United States June 1998 (Shown at Newport International Film Festival June 2-7, 1998.)
Released in United States September 1997 (Shown at Sarajevo Film Festival September 2-10, 1997.)
Released in United States on Video September 14, 1999
Released in United States October 1997 (Shown at AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival (Official Competition) October 23-30, 1997.)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Contemporary International Cinema) in East Hampton, New York October 14-18, 1998.)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at Mill Valley Film Festival October 1-11, 1998.)
