Is a “Must watch”….!Set in a Iranian backdrop, its tells a story of a impoverished brother, Ali and his sister, Zahra. Ali manages to lose his sister’s shoes. Since the father doesn’t get his pay until the end of every month, it becomes their secret lest the father loans money from someone. And so, the plan is to share a pair of shoes to go to school until their father can buy Zahra one.
Every morning Zahra would wear ‘em and after school would run back to an alley where Ali would wait for her. A quick change of shoes and then Ali would dart his way to school, until one day when the sports coach of Ali’s school announces a long distance running competition. And the third runner up would get a pair of shoes. Ali gets to participate and promises Zahra that no matter what, he would win the 3rd position and get the shoes exchanged for a pair for her.
But luck had something else stored. He doesn’t win the 3rd position but comes first. With his head hung in shame, he poses for a series of photographs as the winner of the race. When he comes home, he can’t bring himself to look at his sister.
The scene shifts to the father who is coming back home from work and tucked in the seater of the cycle, are two new pairs of shoes for his son and daughter.
This movie took you away from the confusion our silver screens usually create. There was no violence, no dazzling lights, no melodrama. It helped u see the lost side of the world. A brother's responsibility, a sister's understanding, compromise, compassion and trust in each other, the ability to live for others. This movie celebrated the true human spirit, something we have forgotten.
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