Children of Heaven
“A Little Secret... Their Biggest Adventure!”
Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes. School awaits.
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Cast
18 people
Amir Farrokh Hashemian
Ali
No other roles listed
Bahare Seddighi
Zahra
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Nafise Jafar-Mohammadi
Roya
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Reza Naji
Ali's Father
Known for
The Song of Sparrows
Baran
Fereshte Sarabandi
Ali's Mother
Also in
The Missing Half
Ahmad Pourmokhber
Mash Ramezan
Kamal Mirkarimi
Assistant
Known for
The Color of Paradise
Seyd-Ali Hosseini
Ali's Friend
Behzad Rafi
Trainer
Known for
The Color of Paradise
Dariush Mokhtari
Ali's Teacher
No other roles listed
Mohammad-Hassan Hosseinian
Roya's Father
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Masume Dair
Roya's Mother
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Majid Majidi Director · Hassan Hassandoust Editor
Worldwide gross $925K · Budget $180K · United States release January 22, 1999
Box office
Budget
$180,000
Worldwide gross
$925,402
Gross vs. budget
5.1×
Production
Kanoon
Production
Miramax
Production
Iran
Produced in
Languages
Original title
بچههای آسمان
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
Persian
Release dates
Canada · August 1, 1997
Theatrical
United States · January 22, 1999
Theatrical
Germany
September 9, 1999 · Theatrical
Greece
January 12, 2001 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
May 13, 1999 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 16, 1999 · Theatrical
Spain
October 8, 1999 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 22, 2011 · Physical
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