The Song of Sparrows
2008 · Movie · PG · 96 min · ★ 7.5 · 86% critics
A struggling rural family faces new pressures when a child’s hearing device breaks just before important exams. The father heads into the fast pace of Tehran to earn money, but the city’s temptations and inequalities challenge his values and his role at home.
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Details
- Original title
- آواز گنجشکها
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2008-10-01
- Language
- FA
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (79 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a grounded, compassionate drama about family duty, honesty, and the pull of city life, in the vein of Children of Heaven or The Color of Paradise; Not for you if you need fast thrills.
Pros: heartfelt family focus; culture-clash moments; hopeful, humane tone | Cons: slow-burn pacing; low on action; understated emotional beats
Themes
- deaf
- teheran (tehran), iran
- ostrich
- farmer
- hearing impaired
Awards & recognition
- Asia Pacific Screen Award — Best Performance by an Actor · 2008
- Silver Bear — Best Actor · 2008
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2009 · nominated
- Asia Pacific Screen Award — Best Performance by an Actor · 2008 · nominated
- Golden Bear · 2008 · nominated
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- Silver Bear — Best Actor · 2008 · nominated
Cast & crew
Reza Naji
as Karim
- HA
Hamid Aghazi
as Hussein
- KD
Kamran Dehghan
as Abbas
- MA
Maryam Akbari
as Nargess
- SA
Schabnam Akhlaghi
as Haneyeh
- NN
Neshat Nazari
as Zarah
- HR
Hassan Rezaee
as Ramezan
- PS
Ponya Salehi
as Ponya
Directed by Majid Majidi