Directed by Majid MajidiMy rating: 3.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Sony Pictures Classics)
Majidi's beautiful film is about a blind boy, his father and his grandmother, all struggling to cope with his handicap. Majidi has a master's touch, he is able to bring us into the world of the blind by using sound and texture. Then there is the father, who believes he has been cursed by God for giving him a blind son and many other reasons. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, and when tragedy finally strikes the theme of God returns, specifically in the rather contrived ending, which was the only real fault I could find in the film.
IMDb
(DVD, Sony Pictures Classics)
Majidi's beautiful film is about a blind boy, his father and his grandmother, all struggling to cope with his handicap. Majidi has a master's touch, he is able to bring us into the world of the blind by using sound and texture. Then there is the father, who believes he has been cursed by God for giving him a blind son and many other reasons. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, and when tragedy finally strikes the theme of God returns, specifically in the rather contrived ending, which was the only real fault I could find in the film.
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