More movies like this............... .
This film is one of my personal favorite.Can you suggest movies like this?
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Man, this is a GREAT film...u gotta see "The Color of Paradise" by the same director/writer...Majid Majidi....it is even better than "Children of Heaven", also "City of God" is great, but it is of a different nature. U will LOVE "Color of Paradise"....I promise. Thanks, Ken.
shareA zillion thanks for suggesting this movie.....up until i laughed at people when they told me that they cried during a movie, but today I cried four times while watching this movie..........
Everybody should watch this movie..........
Everyone should watch "Baran" by the same director, Majid Majidi. It is a brilliant movie.
shareTry Cinema Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore - the original version, not the extended one.
Also Malena by the same director.
You might also like The Bicycle Thief of Vittorio DeSica.
If you really like movies about the triumph of human spirit in adversity, Fiddler on the Roof is my all time favourite.
The Shawshank Redemption - another phenomenal movie but different in content from Children of Heaven.
I must say you have very good taste in movies if this is your personal favourite movie.
see white balloon, it is also from iran. and 'In america'.
Humans don't know what is love...they only possess, intimidate or dominate...and they call it love.
These kids were awesome and so un-Hollywood that it was truly refreshing. It's so nice watching kids who aren't "on" or trying to be precocious.
shareFor Persian movies: Taste of Cherry, White Balloon, and The Wind Will Carry Us (named after a poem by the Feminist Persian poet, Forough Farrokhzad) are by the Iranian master Kiarostami. Silence and Gabbeh are great atmospheric movies from Makhmalbaf. Mohsen's other film of note is The Color of Paradise. For socio-political movies Leila cannot be missed, Maryam, about an Iranian-American teenage girl facing discrimination and harassment during the hostage crisis, and Secret Ballot is a really interesting look at a zealous woman trying to get rural Iranians interested in voting (we aren't that different after all!).
And if you just believe, like me, that it's refreshing to see movies once in a while that are more innocent, get into Bollywood! Not so strong on the stories but they are colorful, and sweet (though often saccharine). An acquired taste though. If you prefer the art house flavor, you might not like them; but try and be open minded - they're worth it just for the elaborate dance numbers.
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May I also suggest "King of Masks" (Chinese), "Kolya," (Czech), "Les Choristes" (French), and "Tsotsi" (South African).
share"Tuvalu" - a non-American-made fable close to Jeunet or Gilliam. It is not sentimental in the way of Children of Heaven, but nevertheless I think it speaks to a similar audience. It is a more raw and cynical look at human nature, but one of its protagonists is a naif who manages to reel in a good ending.
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