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The Song of Sparrows 2008

a.k.a آواز گنجشک‌ها

The Song of Sparrows Director : Majid Majidi

The Song of Sparrows Plot

When an ostrich-rancher focuses on replacing his daughter's hearing aid, which breaks right before crucial exams, everything changes for a struggling rural family in Iran. Karim motorbikes into a world alien to him - incredibly hectic Tehran, where sudden opportunities for independence, thrill and challenge him. But his honor and honesty, plus traditional authority over his inventive clan, are tested, as he stumbles among vast cultural and economic gaps between his village nestled in the desert, and a throbbing international metropolis.

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  • 5/5
By Shine Mathew
A terrific mixture of uplifting emotions and tragic moments.

The Song of the Sparrows is a slice of life drama by the famous Iranian director Majid Majidi. Majidi is best known for his 2003 movie Children of Heaven which narrowly lost the Oscar for Best Foreign Film to Roberto Beningni's La Vita Bella.

The Song of the Sparrows is about Karim, an employee on an ostrich farm who gets fired when one of the ostriches escapes from the farm. From there on what ensues is a wild journey through the city of Tehran and the suburbs where the fortune of Karim rises and falls like a heartbeat. the main storyline is supported by equally poignant side plots involving his children who along with their friends try to set up their little business of small fishes....

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