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This VERY BAD and sad movie got great ratings from Rotten Tomatoes. It is a an Iranian production with excellent cinematography and acting . . . but the story is just a painful episode in the life of a family. Maybe it was produced as a morality tale for the Iranians. But that's just my guess.
It's about the story of a blind boy and his experiences (see below) and could have ended on a positive note with his growth as a productive adult. But all we get is pain, tension and despair . . . and good pictures of an idealized Iran.
From the Movie Promotion Blurb:
Awash in the sights and sounds of an Iranian summer, this moving family drama stars Mohsen Ramezani as Mohammed, an 8-year-old blind boy whose poor widower father (Hossein Mahjoub) nearly abandons him at a school for blind children. Welcomed home by his grandmother and sisters, the bright boy is eager to immerse himself in the world of the seeing -- but his father fears Mohammed may hinder his attempts to remarry into a prosperous family.
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