The Song of Sparrows

Synopsis: When an ostrich-rancher focuses on replacing his daughter's hearing aid, which breaks right before crucial exams, everything changes for a struggling rural family in Iran. Karim motorbikes into a world alien to him - incredibly hectic Tehran, where sudden opportunities for independence, thrill and challenge him. But his honor and honesty, plus traditional authority over his inventive clan, are tested, as he stumbles among vast cultural and economic gaps between his village nestled in the desert, and a throbbing international metropolis.
Genre: Drama, Family
Director(s): Majid Majidi
Production: Regent Releasing
  7 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
74
Rotten Tomatoes:
98%
PG
Year:
2008
96 min
Website
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In the name of God

The Organization

of Art and Better Living

Majid Majidi

and

The Art and Cultural City of Tehran

present:

THE SONG OF SPARROWS

Cast:

Reza Naji

Maryam Akbari

Kamran Dehghan

Hamed Aghazi, Shabnam Akhlaghi

Neshat Nazari

Written by:
Majid Majidi

Mehran Kashani

Stage Manager:
Ranbar Rahidi

Photography:
Ali Tabrizi

First Assistant Director:

Sirrus Hassanpur

First Camera Assistant:

Mahmad Abraheemyan

Produced by:

Kamran Majidi

Special Effects:
Mohsen Ruzbahai

Computer Effects:

Amir Saharghiz... Kamran Saharghiz

Make-Up:

Saeed Malekan

Costume and Production Designer:

Asghar Nejad-Imani

Sound Recordist:

Yadollah Najafi

Sound Mix:

Mohammad Reza Delpak

Music:

Hussein Alizadeh

Editor:

Hassan Hassandoost

Director of Photography:

Touraj Mansouri

Executive Producer:

Javad Norouzbeigi

Director and Producer:

Majid Majidi

Come, come here and eat this.

Here, pretty birds. Eat this.

Come here. Eat this.

Come here, pretty birds.

Eat this.

Come, come.

Come here. Eat this.

Come eat.

Come.

Come here and eat, my beauties.

Don't make so much noise, boy.

Why do you bother so much?

Eat your food.

Come, come.

Come, my beauties.

Karim!

- Karim!

- What is it?

- Come here!

- What is it, Abbas?

Come here, Karim!

- Hello. How are you?

- Okay.

I saw your wife on the way here.

She told me to tell you to go home.

Has something happened?

No. Your daughter's thing fell

into the water storage, and it's lost.

Hearing aid.

The kids were playing,

and she lost it.

They looked but couldn't find it.

Anything else?

No. She just wants you to go home.

What are you doing?

You broke it!

Hold on!

- Hello. How are you?

- Good.

Hello. Hello.

Hello. What's going on?

Haniyeh's hearing aid fell in,

and we can't find it, Dad.

Haniyeh, where did it fall?

I wanted to help, and it fell off.

- Where's your mother?

- At home.

Go home. I'll find it for you.

You go, as well.

Everyone get out of here.

Hussein, what are you doing here?

I'm looking

for Haniyeh's hearing aid.

Why were you here

in the first place?

Mr. Karim, they told us

there are fish here.

I don't know if it's true or not.

Like hell there are fish here!

As soon as I get down there,

I'm going to beat you.

You spoiled brats!

What's in the water storage?

Hold the ladder!

Don't you have any brains?

Fish live in clean water, not sludge!

Even if there were fish,

what do you need them for?

Come here, boy.

Come here!

- Where did the hearing aid fall?

- Somewhere around here.

I know it's around here.

Show me the exact spot.

- Near the ladder.

- Let's find it.

Find it.

Did you give any thought to all

the bacteria and trash in this water?

Mr. Karim, they said

if we throw fish in here,

they'll double in a month.

Fish will double in clean water,

not in dirty water.

Mr. Karim, are there any snakes?

You can find all kinds of animals,

just like you, but not snakes.

Mr. Karim, after we clean it,

we'll throw goldfish in,

and when they multiply, we'll sell

them and become millionaires.

Millionaires!

This storage is blocked.

It will take years

for the sludge to dry.

We'll empty it with the other kids.

We'll clean it up.

Instead of cleaning,

you need to drain it,

so we can find the hearing aid.

You can keep the fish.

Mr. Karim! A snake! A snake!

A snake!

Where? Where?

Over there!

I found it.

Take these and go home.

I'm coming.

Easy.

Be careful.

Kids who don't listen

waste their parents' time.

Be careful.

Come here. Hurry.

Where are you going?

- Did you find my hearing aid?

- Yes.

Can't you see?

Your sister made a mess of things.

- Mom, should I pour?

- A little bit.

What do you expect?

They've made me miserable

since morning.

- Did you find the hearing aid?

- Yes. I don't know if it works.

It's not working.

I don't know if it can be repaired.

You can't in a thousand years

clean that place.

We'll clean it.

Then, when we fill it with water,

we can put 100,000 fish in it.

Do you know how much

Well, it's 100,000 fish.

Then what?

We'll sell them

and become millionaires.

Millionaires, yeah, right!

Put this in your ear, my girl.

Can you hear me now?

Yes.

Don't read my lips.

Stand up.

Go over there.

Go on.

Stop.

Can you hear me now?

Can you hear me now?

Yes.

Move back... back.

Back... back.

Stop.

Now turn around.

Where was the hearing aid?

Where was the hearing aid?

- You rascal!

- Mom!

Get back here!

Come here, you rascal!

Get him!

What's all this noise?

Why are you fighting with him?

The neighbors will hear!

Don't you see?

Haniyeh can't hear!

Go. Go in.

I think it's broken.

It can't be fixed?

She needs her hearing aid.

Her exams start in a few days.

You'll have to go to Tehran.

I'll give you the address.

Maybe they can do something.

- Are you insured?

- No.

It will be very costly.

Karim, what are you thinking about?

What's wrong?

Nothing.

Here. Come, take it.

Come, come.

Now look at it.

No, it's still bad.

I'm going over there to try it.

Now look at it.

No, it's worse.

It can't be repaired. It's ruined.

That's good!

That's good!

Don't move!

I can't hold this all day!

I can't stand here all day long!

Please, just one more minute.

Be careful, Karim.

Don't worry.

Narges.

- Narges...

- The reception is bad!

How is it now?

It's good. It's good.

Don't touch it.

- Watch as long as you like.

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Mehran Kashani

Mehran Kashani (Persian: مهران کاشانی‎; born 1969), is an Iranian Screenwriter. Graduated as a mechanical engineer, Kashani began his career in cinema as assistant director in Under the Moonlight and Here Is A Shining Light (Directed by Reza Mirkarimi, in the latter he was also the script consultant. Since 2003, Kashani has continued his writing career and worked with famous Iranian Directors such as Majid Majidi and Reza Mirkarimi. He has also played a role in Mirkarimi's As Simple as That (film). more…

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