Pulsation

Sun Children

Khorshid

Swiss Premiere

Majid Majidi / Iran / 2020 / 99 min / Drama
Farsi / Subtitles English

At the age of 12, Ali is the leader of a small gang of street kids. They set out to find treasure buried in the basement of a school. In the great tradition of Iranian cinema, a moving and ethereal film. Rewarded with the Best Young Actor Prize at the Venice Mostra.

In the southern districts of Tehran, daily life is difficult. Parents are absent, entangled in paperwork or addiction problems, children grow up too fast. Courageous, they work to get by. The lack of access to education, a universal subject, concerns 152 million exploited children to whom the film is dedicated. In the great tradition of films from the children’s perspective, reminiscent of The Kid or Shoeshine.

Direction

Majid Majidi

Screenplay

Majid Majidi, Nima Javidi

Image

Houman Behmanesh

Editing

Hassan Hassandoust

Sound

Mohammad Reza Delpak

Music

Ramin Kousha

Production

Majidi Film Production (Amir Banan), Majidi Film Production (Majid Majidi)

With

Ali Nasirian, Javad Ezzati, Tannaz Tabatabaie, Rouhollah Zamani, Shamila Shirzad, Mahdi Mousavi

International sales

Celluloid Dreams (Pascale Ramonda)