The Color of Paradise

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The Color of Paradise ★★ Range Khoda 1999 (PG)

Mohammad is an eight-year-old blind boy who is regarded as a burden by his recently widowed and hardworking father. His father hopes to remarry but thinks his son will be an obstacle and sends him to live with a carpenter, who is also blind, so that the boy can learn a trade. Of course, it is the father who must truly learn to see, since Mohammad already appreciates everything surrounding him. Farsi with subtitles. 90m/C VHS, DVD . IA Mohsen Ramezani, Hossein Mahjoub; D: Majid Majidi; W: Majid Majidi; C: Mohammad Davudi; M: Alireza Kohandairy.

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