The Song of Sparrows Page #5

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
145 Views


He wants to clean the water storage

with the other kids.

You're saying the same thing.

Kid, I'll beat you

if you go to the water storage.

Ahmad said that if we each

contribute 15,000 tomans,

we can buy all the fish.

Where do you want to get

the 15,000, Mr. Millionaire?

I'll work.

You'll work!

If we save 5,000 tomans per day,

we'll pay our debts in three months.

What about Haniyeh's hearing aid?

Don't worry about that.

I'll get the money.

I'll buy her one.

Don't you want a stable job?

God forbid,

what if the bike breaks down?

They pay 150,000-200,000 tomans

a month everywhere.

I can make more than 600,000

with this bike.

We can even save money.

Is that so bad?

What do you want me to say?

Look, it's okay now.

Ramezan!

Where were you going?

I'm going to find someone

to replace me.

God willing, I want to go

to Afghanistan.

When are you leaving?

Tomorrow. I'll go to Mashhad

for a pilgrimage.

From there,

I'll go to Afghanistan.

- God willing, when do you get back?

- In a month.

God willing.

Come down, Ramezan.

Ramezan.

Put this money in the Imam's shrine.

Give him my regards.

Good-bye. Take care.

I don't know what's wrong.

I tried to start the engine

several times.

I left it in front of the supermarket.

The shopkeeper has the keys.

I've told him.

Pick it up from there.

Manage it somehow.

Yes. I am on a motorbike

following the truck.

Come as soon as possible.

Mrs. Hajji is there, too.

Anything else?

Good-bye.

Be careful not to lose the truck.

Don't worry.

What? Why is this still here?

What a mess!

Come here, man.

Instead of staring at me,

tidy this up.

Come here. Clean it up.

Come here. Come here.

Take these to the third floor.

Leave those.

Come on, tidy it up.

Why are you standing here?

Go to the third floor.

I'll keep an eye on your bike.

Don't break it.

Hurry up. Hurry up.

Hurry up. It's getting late.

Would you treat these the same way

if they were your things?

Put the candlesticks on the counter.

Be careful.

A bit to the right.

Don't hit the wall. Go up.

Take this as well.

I'll pay you.

Take it. I'll pay you.

Go, go.

Be careful.

Don't break it.

What's wrong?

This is no way to work.

Sir, give me my money.

I want to leave.

Put it back in the box

and bring it up.

I'm not a porter. Give me my money.

I'll bring it up and then leave.

I know. I heard you.

Put it back in the box

and bring it up.

What happened?

Did anything break?

Where shall I put this box, sir?

In that corner.

Close the door. Careful.

Don't hit anyone.

Don't sit there. Come up.

Give me my money.

I want to leave.

What's the rush?

Put that box over there.

I'll pay you soon.

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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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