Detour Part 2...

Bacheha-Ye aseman (1997)
(Children of Heaven)
Directed: Majid Majidi
Story: Ali loses his sister's shoes in the market and for the fear of annoying his father and his understanding of their family conditions, lets his sister use his pair of sneakers with a condition that she would return it to him immediately after her school so that he could wear it to his school. Ali participates in a long distance running race just for clinching the third prize as the prize included a pair of sneakers and the first and second prizes were something else.

Comments: I am not able contain myself from commenting on this master-piece. My vocabulory fails me to praise this movie. The performance of Ali and his sister is unprecedented....marvelous....fabulous.....(english is a poor language!!). I could not shake of Ali's image from my memory for long.....the scenes that stands out are: When he informs his sister that he has lost her shoes....When he pleads for pardon from his school headmaster when he is found coming late to the school (because his sister comes late from her school to deliver the shoes)....and Ali pleads with his PT master to include his name for the runnning race...
On the whole Majid Majidi has given a master piece to the world cinema. Kudos to the director and the cast.
Note: Don't wait for an opportunity to watch this film......run to the near by VCD store, buy one and see it right now. What are waiting for.....RUN.