The Song of Sparrows Page #4

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
142 Views


Give me two minutes! I'll fix it!

Stop here.

Stop. I will be back.

Wait here.

I'll be right back.

Let's go.

In front of this shop.

A bit further.

Thanks.

Wait here. I'll be right back.

Hello. How are you?

How much do I owe you?

Whatever you like.

- Stop! Stop!

- What?

- Go.

- Where?

- Just go! Go!

- Where?

Go this way.

Go that way.

The construction site on your left.

Wait here. I'll be back soon.

What do you want?

Is this trash?

- What do want it for?

- For my house.

- Take whatever you want.

- Thank you.

There's someone on the other line.

Hello?

Is that you?

I'm in front of the construction site.

Hold on.

- What do I owe you?

- Whatever you like.

- Is 1,000 tomans all right?

- God bless you.

Here.

Hello?

Sir! Sir!

Sir! Sir! Sir!

- How much per kilo?

- 1,000 tomans. It's cheap.

You think 1,000 tomans is cheap?

Try one and then let's see

what you say.

Give me one kilo.

Make it two kilos.

I love those

who know good from bad.

Narges, how is it?

Zahra. Easy, easy.

No fighting.

Move over. Move over.

- Not too much water, dear.

- Karim, have some tea.

Thank you. Good-bye.

Hello, Hajji.

Thank you.

How are you?

Yes, I'm not in Tehran.

I'm in Mashhad.

I'm near the shrine.

Yes. Okay.

I'll pray for you as well.

Hajji, please do something for me.

I'll pray for you.

Stop. Stop here.

No, I'm not talking to you.

I'm talking to the taxi driver.

Sir, your fare! Sir!

Your fare!

I paid you.

When did you pay?

Are you all right?

I just gave it to you.

- You didn't give me any money.

- I just paid you.

My fare should be 500 tomans.

I gave you 2,000.

Now give me back 1,500.

- What money?

- What money?

You won't give me my change.

When did you pay me?

You're stealing from me

in broad daylight?

You should be ashamed.

Officer! Officer!

Officer!

Wait! Thief!

May God accept it, Hajji.

- Hello.

- Hello. How are you?

- Fine. And you?

- Good, thank you.

- Hello.

- Hello.

Do you have tea in the green box?

No, I have the red box. Want one?

Excuse me, where did you get

that ostrich egg from?

It's not for sale. It's decoration.

Someone found it in the desert,

and he exchanged it for a tin of oil.

Do you want the red tea?

No, thanks.

- Hello, Mr. Karim.

- Hello. How are you?

Hurry. Come on.

Faster, Pouya.

Hurry, Hussein!

You idiots! What are you doing?

I'll teach you a lesson!

Wait! Where are you going?

Where are you going? Wait!

Wait! Wait!

- What's this?

- It's a window pane, my dear.

What do you want it for?

I want to paint it and replace it

with one in the house.

My eye!

Wait! Wait!

You don't pay any attention

to the boy.

You let him do whatever he wants.

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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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