Los hijos del sol

Iran's submission to the 93rd Academy Awards makes clear that the people in the US actually have a lot in common with the people of Iran. Majid Majidi's "Khorshid" ("Sun Children" in English) is about a school that helps underprivileged children, and some students who hear of treasure buried underneath the school. Meanwhile, the people running the school have to contend with paying rent. Sound familiar to the predicaments faced by millions in the US?

An impressive movie, and one that shows our common humanity (like in the US, the Iranians have to deal with a government that ignores their needs). I hope to see more movies by Majidi.

Beautiful movie about finding the real treasure (pun intended).

Enough to grab the attention of any young boy, here it's lads from Iran as a modern day Fagin encourages the innocent to dig for glory to free themselves from poverty, but all is not what it seems.

I really enjoyed it. There were times when I was laughing while my eyes were full of tears. What a brilliant performance. Definitely worth watching.

Majid Majidi, the director of the movie, who has been among appreciated movie makers in Iran presents a story on lives of loser children who are worker, refugee and poor. The movie is composed of amateur child actors one of whom takes the leading role.

In addition to successful plot, symbolic actual-political references embedded in the story, this movie is worth to be seen even for only brilliant acting performances of children each of whom are amateur.