The Color of Paradise

Produced in 1999

Film Information

Festival Edition 2001 - Edition 5

Section Panorama

Director Majid Majidi

Country Iran

Duration 90 min

Language Iranian

Category Panorama 2001

Producer Varahonar Company

Screenplay Majid Majidi

Cast Hossein Mahjoob, Saleh Feyzi, Mohsen Ramezani, Elham Sharifi, Farahnaz Safari

Genre Drama

Synopsis

Mohammad is an eight-year-old studying in blind school in Tehran. A year later, he and his father return to his birthplace, a village located in the northern highlands of Iran. His returning leads him to reconnect with his entourage and discover the existence of things his father is ignorant of.