Chasing dreams. Finding hope.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| 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 |
| Made in | 2008 |
| Produced by | Majid Majidi Film Production |
Official Site | IMDB page
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| 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. |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Mariana Malan | 15 | |
| Cape Times Betsy Sharkey | 10 |  |
| iAfrica.com Rebekah Kendal  A beautiful story about a man and his family. | 15 | |
| The Citizen Sibusiso Mkwanazi | 10 | |
| 24.com Jean Barker This is a film for those who love films, with amazing shots of the Iranian countryside, many visual metaphors of transport and stasis, and scenes of tragic beauty that description would spoil. See it at a cinema. | 15 | |
| Box Office Mark Keizer A gentle, unforced fable about the dangers of greed | 13 |  |
| Metacritic.com 14 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 34 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer A heartfelt, affecting parable, The Song of Sparrows is another gem from Iranian director Majid Majidi. | 19 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 426 Netizens | 16 | |
Average .. 72% | 14 | |