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THE SONG OF SPARROWS (AVAZE GONJESHK-HA) - 2008 - Iran
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Karim works at an ostrich farm outside of Tehran, Iran. He leads a simple and contented life with his family in his small house, until one day when one of the ostriches runs away. Karim is blamed for the loss and is fired from the farm. Soon after, he travels to the city in order to repair his elder daughter’s hearing aid but finds himself mistaken for a motorcycle taxi driver. Thus begins his new profession: ferrying people and goods through heavy traffic. But the people and material goods that he deals with daily starts to transform Karim’s generous and honest nature, much to the distress of his wife and daughters. It is up to those closest to him to restore the values that he had once cherished…
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- director
- Majid Majidi
- screenplay
- Majid Majidi, Mehran Kashani
- cinematographer
- Tooraj Mansoouri
- edition
- Hassan Hassandoost
- music
- Hossein Alizadeh
- cast
- Reza Naji, Maryam Akbari, Kamran Dehghan, Hamed Aghazi
- producer
- Majid Majidi, Javad Norouzbeigi
- production company
- Majidi Film Production
- world sales
- Fortissimo Films
- 96 minutes
- color, 35mm
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