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(aka "Bacheha-Ye aseman" or "Children of Heaven" or "The Children of Heaven")
Directed by Majid Majidi
Iran 1997
A young, plucky Tehran boy loses his sister’s shoes while on an errand. Rather
than tell their parents, he swears her to silence and then breaks his back
running to make sure she has footwear every day: his own. Finally, he learns of
a citywide foot race where third prize is a pair of shoes, and he enters,
determined to win — or rather, to place third and thereby end his exhausting
duty. Excerpt from the Chicago Tribune - [Michael Wilmington] located HERE *** After a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair. |
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Theatrical Release: February 1st, 1997 (Fajr Film Festival)
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Review: Imprint - Region FREE - Blu-ray
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Distribution | Imprint #294 - Region FREE - Blu-ray | |
Runtime | 1:27:54.936 | |
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1.85 :1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 18,582,704,856 bytesFeature: 18,179,389,440 bytesVideo Bitrate: 23.98 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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LPCM Audio Persian 2304 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit |
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Subtitles | English, None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Imprint
1.85 :1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 18,582,704,856 bytesFeature: 18,179,389,440 bytesVideo Bitrate: 23.98 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • U.S. Trailer (1:10)
Transparent Blu-ray Case inside slipcase Chapters 12 |
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On their
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Imprint use a linear PCM dual-mono track (24-bit) in the
original Farsi (Persian) language. It is an extremely low-budget film
(estimated at US$180,000) without any extravagant effects. Children of Heaven
does have a straightforward score
by Kayvan Jahanshahi (The
Color of Paradise,
Leila) that supports the film reasonably well - although quite
modestly exported by the uncompressed. Imprint offer optional English subtitles on their
Region FREE
Blu-ray.
Like the Miramax DVD the Imprint
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Like the recently reviewed "The Runner", directed by Amir Naderi - and many Iranian post-revolution cinema, Majid Majidi's Children of Heaven utilizes an innocent child perspective viewed through a neo-realistic lens. There are elements similar to Vittorio de Sica's 1948 The Bicycle Thief with the essential centerpiece of happiness being something western culture often takes for granted ('sneaker running shoes' replacing 'a bicycle'.) "Children of Heaven" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1998 and notable for Ebert's comment of it being a "very nearly a perfect movie for children." Taking a more critical view - "Children of Heaven" had a fairly brief stint in the conversation and it is certainly no where near as nuanced as, example, Abbas Kiarostami's 1987 Where is the Friends' Home . While still very touching for sibling love it is reflectively judged by some as an 'after-school special with a cultural twist' - showing the audience an, infrequently-seen, contemporary Tehran, poverty and family unity. A shade soapy, heavy-handed and manipulative - I still think "Children of Heaven" has greatness but, perhaps, not as much through the lens of time, as its initial critical perceptions. Fans may wish to revisit via the bare-bones, superior a/v of the Imprint Blu-ray. You still may shed a tear or two. |
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