Sunday 21st January 5:30 PM
The Colour of Paradise
(Rang-e khoda)
Details
Director: Majid Mjadi Country: IranCert: PG Year: 1999 Length: 90 minsLanguage: Subtitles
Synopsis
An absorbed and profoundly moving story of the blind boy Mohammad, magnificently played by Mohsen Ramezani, whose freedom of spirit and idealism conflict with the fear resignation and misery of his father, who curses his luck at having his prospects ruined by a handicapped son - all in the surroundings of Iran's glorious northern highlands.
Critics
One of the most moving experiences I've had in a cinema this past couple of years
Philip French, The Observer