Majid Majidi's Movie Children of Heaven
By Geoas
@ashjoe76 (1422)
India
4 responses
@hillock (749)
• Qatar
31 Oct 07
ive seen this movie cause it was compulsory to watch it. i didnt know it was about 2 iranian kids[thanks for the subtitle anyway!]. i thought it was indian. well i can say that this movie is one of the greatest movie ive ever seen. i cried a lot! and im going to name my kids after Zara and Ali!.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
26 Feb 09
i havent seen it and i see this is 3yrs old but in light of it says you are in india here, it made me think of the fact that acadamy awards here just gave a movie about a young india couple awards..8 awards. called "Slum Dog millionaire" did you know about that? its in our country about kids from your country. havent seen it but obviously will have to now
@ashjoe76 (1422)
• India
27 Feb 09
Thanks for this response. I haven't seen Slumdog Millionnaire, but have read the novel on which it is based. It is Vikram Kapoor's Q and A. I don't know how much they have devaited from the original work, and how they have treated the plot, but it must be an interesting movie to watch. Many people seem to take the movie as a realistic one, but I remember that the novel was actually a spoof on the bollywood plots and the cultural representations of India - even as it tells the touching story of a boy raised in the slums and how he is capable of holding basic human values amidst hard times.
@mansha (6298)
• India
28 Feb 09
yes I saw it and it was touching,I really liked the seen when they fo for her shoes and find out that other girl's father was blind. I saw it last week only it was coming on star movies or HBO, I don't know which but I intend to go and see if I can get its cd anywhere here in India. I never caught the name of the movie just was fliping channels when I caught the scene of her shoe slipping in the drain and luckily watched the whole movie.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
19 Feb 09
This is a wonderful movie about two siblings who have to share a pair of shoes briefly because they don't want their parents to find out that the elder sibling, Ali, has lost his younger sister's shoes. I've shown this movie to my elementary school students and expected them to gripe about it not being in English but they loved it and didn't mind reading the sbutitles. Children love this movie and it gives them a glimpse into another aspect of family life from a culture they would otherwise not likely be exposed to.
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