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Children of Heaven
For the 2006 documentary, see AmaZulu: The Children of Heaven.
1997 Iranian film
Children of Heaven (Persian: بچههای آسمان, romanized: Bæccähâ-ye âsmân) is a 1997 Iranian familydrama film written and directed by Majid Majidi. The plot follows a brother and sister, and their adventures over a lost pair of shoes. It received positive reviews, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1998.[2]
Plot
Nine-year-old Ali fetches his six-year-old sister Zahra's pink shoes after a cobbler has repaired them. While purchasing potatoes, Ali leaves the shoes, hidden in a bag outside among the vegetables. A homeless man unknowingly picks up the bag, thinking it is garbage. Frantic, Ali, thinking the shoes fell behind the crates, knocks over the display and is chased away by the grocer.
Ali's family, living in a poor South Tehran neighbourhood, has financial troubles, so he fears telling his parents he has