Children of Heaven (Bacheha-Ye aseman) (1999)
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Cast
as Ali's Father
as Ali's Mother
as Ali
as Zahra
as Roya
as Assistant
as Trainer
as Ali's Teacher
as Roya's Father
as Roya's Mother
as Race Organizer
as Race Photographer
as Shoemaker
as Green Grocer
as Salt Seller
as Zahra's Teacher
as Trainer
as Mosque Servant
as Grand Father
as Alireza
as Ali's Friend
as Old Man
as Mash Ramezan
as Ms. Koubab
as Ali's Father's Friend
as Shoe Seller
as Video Cameraman
as Video Cameraman
as Photographer
as Photographer
as Photographer
as Referee
as Referee
as Referee
as Award Presenter
as Award Presenter
as Award Presenter
as First Runner
as Second Runner/Third Runner
as Fourth Runner
as Runner
as Runner
as Runner
as Runner
as Runner
Critic Reviews for Children of Heaven (Bacheha-Ye aseman)
All Critics (28) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (5) | DVD (1)
...Majidi and his young actors invest it with such basic truth about the inner lives of children that the movie feels as big as the universe.
Excellent subtitled Iranian coming-of-age story.
Majidi... captures the immediacy and essence of kids: proud, emotional, spirited, and disarmingly sincere.
A truly revolutionary film.
Proof that it doesn't take an elaborate story to make a terrific film.
Iranian social realism with runaway charm
Audience Reviews for Children of Heaven (Bacheha-Ye aseman)
It feels almost impossible not to love these two adorable young children who carry on their shoulders this beautiful tale of innocence, poverty and compassion - a film that pulls us with such power into the situation faced by its characters that we can't be left unmoved.
Super Reviewer
Benevolent and powerful, The Children Of Heaven follows a brother and a sister of a destitute family in Iran whose relationship is challenged by a lost pair of shoes. Beautiful and sincere, Children Of Heaven is of compassion and determination with a heightened sense of responsibility. Children Of Heaven believes in the pure heart and goodness of humanity. Heavenly disarming.
Super Reviewer
Nice overall, except for the abrupt ending. The director does give us hints which can be easily interpreted, but I'd have preferred it elaborated. I mean, when they didn't mind giving us half to one minute shots of kids running at various points (which we could have easily understood even if it was relatively lesser in duration & number of times it is repeated) why leave out ending to piece it out by ourselves??? It'd have been better to see the kids' reactions to what is rather left to our imagination. But do check it out for what it is otherwise: a sweet tale with amazing performances by the kids.
Super Reviewer
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