Elham Sharim

The Color of Paradise -- The self-serving father of a young blind boy puts his own interests ahead of his child's in this award-winning film from celebrated Iranian director Majid Majidi (The Children of Heaven).

Mohammad is an energetic 8-year-old boy who is much like the other children in his small, Iranian village except in one regard, he is blind. But Mohammad doesn't let his lack of sight hinder him, indeed, his heightened remaining senses make him even more receptive to the world around him. Young Mohammad's optimism, however, is not shared by his widowed father, a bitter man who sees the boy's condition as nothing but a liability, especially as it pertains to his desire to marry the village beauty.

The self-serving father of a young blind boy puts his own interests ahead of his child's in this award-winning film from celebrated Iranian director Majid Majidi (The Children of Heaven).

The self-serving father of a young blind boy puts his own interests ahead of his child's in this award-winning film from celebrated Iranian director Majid Majidi (The Children of Heaven).