Children of Heaven
A resourceful brother and his determined sister scramble to keep both in school by secretly sharing a single pair of shoes, risking humiliation and family strain as they race against time before the new term begins.
“A Little Secret... Their Biggest Adventure!”
Synopsis
Zohre's shoes are missing, lost by her older brother Ali. The family is poor and cannot afford a new pair for her before school begins. Faced with this problem, Zohre and Ali come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes.
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A crew of 69+ credited
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Hassan HassandoostShot by Parviz MalekzaadeScored by Kayvan JahanshahiSound by Mohammad Reza Delpak
Box Office
1997 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.1× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$925K
Also known as
- Bacheha-Ye asemande
- Himmelskinderde
- Kinder des Himmelsde
- Bacheha-Ye asemanen
- Children of Heavenen
- Bacheha-Ye asemanes
- Los niños del paraísoes
- Bacheha-Ye asemanfr
- Les Enfants du cielfr
- I ragazzi del paradisoit
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Cast & Crew
69 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Reza Naji
as Ali's Father (Pedar-e Ali)
Amir Farrokh Hashemian
as Ali
Bahare Seddiqi
as Zahra
Nafise Jafar Mohammadi
as Roya
Kamal Mirkarimi
as Assistant (Nazem)
Kazem Asqarpoor
as Grand Father
Fereshte Sarabandi
as Ali's Mother (Madar-e Ali)
Behzad Rafiei
as Trainer (Moalem-e Varzesh)
Seyed Karym Alikhani
as Runner
Hossein Ahamdloo
as Photographer
Behzad Rafi
as Trainer
Dariush Mokhtari
as Ali's Teacher
Supporting cast
36Mohammad Hasan Hosseinian
as Roya's Father
Masume Dair
as Roya's Mother
Kambiz Peykarnegar
as Race Organizer
Hasan Roohparvari
as Race Photographer
Abbas Ali Roomandi
as Shoemaker
Jafar Seyfollahi
as Green Grocer
Qolamreza Maleki
as Salt Seller
Mohammad Haj Hosseini
Ali Chaharian
as Award Presenter
Reza Dehghan
as Award Presenter
Navid Feyzabadi
as Second Runner, Third Runner
Siamak Haj Amini
as Photographer
Soheil Haj Amini
as Photographer
Seyed Ali Hosseini
as Ali's Friend
Hasan Hosseinian
as Roya's Father
Amir Ali Kazemi
as First Runner
Javad Kazemi
as Referee
Rahman Kharazchi
as Referee
Christopher Maleki
as Salt Seller
Hadi Maleki
as Runner
Zahra Mirzai
as Zahra's Teacher
Mohammad Hossein Mortavazi
as Runner
Moshen Qadiri Nejad
as Runner
Azade Qale Noi
as Video Cameraman
Mohammad Oskooi
as Award Presenter
Ahmad Pourmokhber
as Mash Ramezan
Mash Ebrahim Safari
as Ali's Father's Friend
Faramarz Safarizadeh
as Video Cameraman
Haj Ali Salimi
as Old Man
Mohammad Hossein Shahidi
as Alireza
Davud Shams
as Shoe Seller
Golnaz Tariqat
as Ms. Koubab
Amir Hossein Tavakkoli
as Runner
Jamshid Yusefi
as Referee
Pasha Shoja Zadeh
as Fourth Runner
Sara Zamani
as Trainer
Directors
1Writers
1Producers
2Other crew
18Hossein Nazerian
assistant camera
Parviz Malekzaade
Cinematographer
Kayvan Jahanshahi
Composer
Moosa Makvandi
control
Erfan Yazdi
digital sound restoration (as Erfan H. Yazdi)
Hassan Hassandoost
Editor
Gholamali Taheri
filming technical group
Mohsen Mossavi
makeup designer
Jahangir Rajabi Khah
printing
Alireza Heidari
production assistant (as Alireza Heidary)
Seyyed Saeed Seyedzadeh
production manager
Reza Hamidi
props assistant
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