Monday, November 16, 2009

Song of the Sparrows

Directed by- Mijid Majidi
Produced by- Mijid Majidi
Written by- Mijid Majidi
Music by- Hossein Alizdeh
Country- Iran
Language- Persian


Song of the Sparrows is an Iranian film directed by Majid Majidi in the 2008. This movie is a rural comedy and meanders through urban neo-realism. Majid Majidi shows his comedic colors, with an opening scene in which the protagonist, Karim has the worst day ever at his job at Ostrich farm. One day, one of the ostrich escape because of Karim's mistake. He find the ostrich a lot but he did not get the success in that ,then find new job in Tehran but again he faces many difficulties.

Song of the Sparrows


Majidi is the only Iranian director ever to have a film nominated for an Academy Award. Majidi's projects usually focus on children. This movie has win Asia Pacific Screen Award for best performance by an actor Reza Naji and selected as Iran's best foreign language film in the 81th Academy Award.

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