The read
Every source lands within 6 points of the others. Scores higher than 95% of the 2,032 1990s drama movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes. School awaits.
Ratings
IMDb8.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Metacritic77/100
753 audience votes
Key crew
- Majid MajidiDirector
- Majid MajidiWriter
Cast
- Amir Farrokh HashemianAli
- Bahare SeddiqiZahra
- Nafise Jafar-MohammadiRoya
- Reza NajiAli's Father
- Fereshte SarabandiAli's Mother
- Kamal MirkarimiAssistant
- Behzad RafiTrainer
- Dariush MokhtariAli's Teacher
- Mohammad-Hasan HosseinianRoya's Father
- Masume DairRoya's Mother
- Kambiz PeykarnegarRace Organizer
- Hasan RoohparvariRace Photographer
Stills
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Themes
sibling relationshipclassfoot raceanxioussuspensefulgentle
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