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The Song of Sparrows

Chasing dreams. Finding hope.

A simple man works on an ostrich farm, until he is blamed for a missing ostrich. He journeys to the city to help his eldest daughter, and finds himself with a new job: that of driving people around. However, this constant exposure to wealth and possessions begins to change him in ways that his family do not approve of, and they try to find a way to remind him of his values in life. In Persian with English subtitles.

96 minutes, Parental Guidance
Comedy, Drama, On the art circuit

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Credits
Cast	Mohammad Amir Naji, Hossein Aghazi, Maryam Akbari, Kamran Dehghan
Director	Majid Majidi
Screenplay	Mehran Kashani, Majid Majidi
Music	Hossein Alizadeh
Cinematography	Turaj Mansuri
Editing	Hassan Hassandoost
Sound formats	Dolby SR
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	2008
Produced by	Majid Majidi Film Production
SA Distributor	Ster-Kinekor

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Comedy, drama
Language	Mild
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Very mild
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	Francian film. A sensitive and humane film whose adult themes need mild parental guidance or advice.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
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iAfrica.comRebekah Kendal	15
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24.comJean Barker	15
International Media
Box Office (USA)Mark Keizer	13
Metacritic.com14 critics	15
RottenTomatoes.com34 critics	15
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	19
Internet (IMDB)426 Netizens	16

Average .. 72%	14

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