Majid Majidi’s movies have always impressed me. I was amazed by the simple story about a pair of shoes in Children of Heaven and I loved the depiction of alienation of blind people in The Color of Paradise. I recently watched Baran that delved in the softer aspects of love amidst political turmoil. The Plot Baran depicts the conflicts arising in Iran as Afghani refugees come into the country during the Soviet Union’s war in…
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We get so busy attempting to live a life that we often end up ignoring the simple moments that make our lives interesting. Majid Majidi’s Children of Heaven is about those simple moments. It is a story that revolves around a ‘pair of shoes’ and takes the viewer on a trip to life in Iran. It’s a story about a brother and sister and starts when the brother (Ali) loses the shoes of his…
