Elham Sharifi,
Farahnaz Safari,
Hossein Mahjoob,
Hossein Mahjoub,
Hossein Mahjub
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Mohammad is an 8-year-old blind boy who lives in a school for blind children in Tehran. When summer comes, he is the last to be collected, but his poor, coalminer father eventually claims him and retu...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 19, 2000
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Flixster Reviews (330)
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November 18, 2009A very touching story about a blind boy, full of love and will, who has lost his mother and his condition is a clear incovenience to his father. In his continuous search for God he experiences life moreso than those around him that can see, and always gives more than he receives...( read more)
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May 2, 2009The acting was incredible and I don't recall seeing a child who is as fine actor as the boy who played Mohammed, and not for a moment did his acting ever get in the way of the story. I have not been to Iran but I could have never imagine that this place is so beautiful.
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June 6, 2007This is a tear jerker. One of the best Foreign movies I have seen and is a beautiful story and so well written and directed by Majid Majidi.
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July 30, 2009It tells with sophisticated simplicity a not so simple story of faith and unconditional love and the sadness that comes to one who falls short in both
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June 17, 2009Another glorious film directed by Majid Majadi. Same director that did "Children of Heaven" which is my favorite foreign film ever. Color of Paradise is about a young blind boy who's father feels burdened by his need to care for him after his wife's death. He wants to remarry ...( read more)
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May 2, 2009Wonderful faith based movie. Wow. Beautiful. I loved everything about it. Here is a movie where every shot means something.
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March 20, 2009The story about a blind Iranian boy and his struggling father. I liked the quiet moments captured, even if they make this movie a slow one but the religious touch at the end is a bit too much :)
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March 2, 2009Desde Iran llega esta conmovedora peli sobre un niño ciego y la relación con su familia una bonita fotografía y toda una mirada a una cultura
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December 30, 2008It's a little religious at the end for my taste and sometimes the characters were too black and white, but I mostly enjoyed this film. There's enough conflict to make it interesting.
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