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The Colour of Paradise (1999)
Director: Majid Majidi
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From Time Out Film Guide
We first encounter the blind Mohammad (Ramezani, extraordinary) at a special school in Teheran, waiting for the arrival of his widower father at the end of term. When the man finally turns up, he tries to persuade the teachers to keep the boy, since the burden of looking after such a child is severely straining his meagre resources. Keen to remarry, the father considers keeping Mohammad out of the picture rather than risk scaring off a prospective bride. Writer/director Majidi shoots the boy with true, clear-eyed matter of factness. The characters' relationship with the divine is the meat of the matter: the father wonders whether the Almighty has deserted him by giving him such a child; the son feels he has spent his whole life reaching out for God without finding him. A considerable advance on Majidi's sugary Children of Heaven, this is a passionate investigation of faith tested in adversity, communicated with straightforward eloquence.Author: TJ
Cast & crew
Director: Majid Majidi
Producer: Mehdi Mahabadi, Ali Ghaem Maghami, Mohsen Sarab
Cast: Hossein Mahjub, Mohsen Ramezani, Salime Feiza, Farnaz Saffati, Elham Sharifi, Behzad Rafice, Mohamad Rahmani full cast
Genre(s): Children's
Duration: 90 mins
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