A few days back i watched this film called "Children of Heaven". I love fims...somehow i dont feel alive if i dont see a good movie for a long time.This movie is special for me firstly cos its not easily available..(its an Iranian film that won a lot of critical acclaim at the Asian film festival)...and secondly cos it has been gifted to me by one one of the most beautiful people in my life my Professor,my Boss,my friend...Sanober...(After much persuasion...im finally able adress her that way..sans Mam..Thats healthy irreverance,as she calls it!!!!).Shes a giant heart of gold...someone who loves,laughs,and does almost about everything with great gusto.Her signoff is so profound - with you in love and hope and struggle...Thats so true...nothing of value - independence of mind,an indomiatable spirit,a well-informed mind,a secular attitude -is eveer achieved except through hard and bitter struggle.All we need is omeone to end the isolation in this struggle..Sometimes jus to be who you really are can be a struggle....
Coming to the film...i highly recommend this movie to everyone...i almost felt guilty of having so much in life...Perspective and gratitude are really the two keywords...if u wanna feel lucky u jus gotta look outside and metaphorically go down ur knees after that.I wept during the movie not from sympathy due the maker's Majid Majidis keen view of human condition and the simplicity of its portrayal...its an example of how you dont require an elaborate story to make such a terric film..
It doesn't matter if you grew up in Cincinnati or Tehran, that childhood spirit proves universal...and the movie is like a small window to the Iranian culture...he actually used hidden cameras to capture the presence of real life...the cameras were also hidden from the key actors to get the natural feel.... the child actors are astonishing..i have never seen such a brilliant performance by kids...especially rendering of that poignance..thsi movie is for those who really belive that life is in the little things...
Nine-year-old Ali (Mir Farrokh Hashemian) loses his 7-year old sister Zahra's (Bahare Seddigi) only pair of shoes, and the film revolves around his efforts to recover her shoes or somehow get her a new pair; in the meantime, he devises a plan where the two alternately use his battered pair of sneakers...u gotta watch it...
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Seems like an interesting movie.. if you think..many old hindi movies could have been a part of the Asian Film fest. Something like Massom, Chandni Bar etc.,, but somehow.. they dont end up at these places..wonder why
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