CHILDREN OF HEAVEN

Year: 1997
UK: Buena Vista (Miramax)
Cast: Mohammad Amir Naji, Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahare Seddiqi, Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi, Fereshte Sarabandi, Karnal Mirkarimi, Behzad Rafi, Dariush Mokhtari, Mohammad-Hasan Hosseinian, Kambiz Peykarnegar, Hasan Roohparvari, Abbas-Ali Roomandi, Jafar Seyfollahi, Qolamreza Maleki
Director: Majid Majidi
Country: Iran
Language: Persian
UK Release Date: 7 July 2000

Synopsis

A young brother manages to lose his sister's shoes, that have only recently been repaired, and they are frightened to own up and tell their father because they can't afford to buy new ones, so they end up having to share the brother's shoes. This idea soon falls through so the brother has to think up another plan to replace his sister's lost shoes. The CHILDREN OF HEAVEN follows the youngsters on this mission in an indifferent adult world.