Feb 08, 1999
90 min
Full-HD

The Color of Paradise (1999)

The story revolves around a blind boy named Mohammed who is released from his special school in Tehran for summer vacation. His father, shamed and burdened by Mohammed's blindness, arrives late to pick him up and then tries to convince the headmaster to keep Mohammed over the summer. The headmaster refuses, so Mohammed's father eventually takes him home.

Category

Family Drama

Country

Iran

Companies

Varahonar Company

Hossein Mahjoub

Hashem

Mohsen Ramezani

Mohammad

Salameh Feyzi

Grandmother

Farahnaz Safari

Mohammad's Big Sister

Elham Sharifi

Mohammad's Little Sister

Behzad Rafi

Village Teacher

Mohamad Rahmani

School Teacher

Morteza Fatemi

Carpenter

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