- THE FEAR OF THE LORD— What is it? Is it important?
- WISDOM— What is it and how can I become wiser?
- PURITY— Why should I save sex for marriage?
- DISEASE AND SUFFERING— Why is the world the way it is? Did God create it this way?
- EFFECTIVE RESPONSES— How can I best respond to tough questions from unbelievers?
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Zendaya (Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman), American actress and singer—“K.C. Undercover” TV series, “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” “Euphoria” TV series, “Dune” Part 1 and 2 • Faith: Unclear • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Liberal Feminism (activist), Black Lives Matter (activist), Vegetarianism, Humanitarianism • Partner: Tom Holland
Liam Neeson, Irish-American actor—“The Marksman,” “Kinsey,” “Schindler’s List,” “Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace,” “Batman Begins,” “Taken,” “Clash of the Titans,” “The A-Team,” the voice of Aslan in “The Chronicles of Narnia,” “Unknown” • Faith: Unclear, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism). In 2015, he narrated a video commercial promoting abortion.
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Children of Heaven
Reviewed by: Richard F. Schmitz
CONTRIBUTOR
| Moral Rating: | Good |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
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| Primary Audience: | Kids Teens Adults |
| Genre: | Comedy Drama |
| Length: | 1 hr. 28 min. |
| Year of Release: | 1997 |
| USA Release: |
January 22, 1999 |
| Featuring | Mohammad Amir Naji, Fereshte Sarabandi, Karnal Mirkarimi |
| Director |
Majid Majidi |
| Producer | |
| Distributor |
 Miramax, a division of beIN Media Group |
This film is in Persian with English subtitles.
“Children of Heaven,” a.k.a. “Bacheha-Ye aseman” (1997 release) is a wonderful film from Iran. It is directed by Majid Majidi, and he is certainly to be lauded for crafting a wonderful and very special movie. This is not a Christian film per se, but its values are. The characters are unforgettable, and this movie stands out as an appropriate, unoffensive and highly entertaining family film.
The plot is simple. Nine-year-old Ali is running errands for his mother… picking up bread from the baker, and waiting while his sister’s shoes are repaired by a shoemaker in a streetside stall. While picking up potatoes, the shoes are taken by a blind trash hauler accidentally, and that event sets off a chain of events which will affect all the characters in this film. Ali convinces his sister to keep quiet, and the two decide to share one pair of shoes with heartwarming and hilarious results.
“Children of Heaven” reveals a side of Tehran probably quite unexpected by a generation of Americans more accustomed to the stereotype of the wild-looking fanatic.
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A few years back this film would never have made it past Iranian censors. But, today (thankfully) it does. I hope there will be more Iranian gems to come in the years ahead. My Ratings: [5/5]