Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- Persian
- Country
- Iran
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
- In Persian — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- sibling relationship
- class
- foot race
- anxious
- suspenseful
- gentle
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Fereshte Sarabandi — Ali's Mother
- Kamal Mirkarimi — Assistant
- Behzad Rafi — Trainer
- Dariush Mokhtari — Ali's Teacher
- Mohammad-Hasan Hosseinian — Roya's Father
- Masume Dair — Roya's Mother
- Kambiz Peykarnegar — Race Organizer
- Hasan Roohparvari — Race Photographer
- Abbas-Ali Roomandi — Shoemaker
- Jafar Seyfollahi — Green Grocer
- Qolamreza Maleki — Salt Seller
- Directed
- Majid Majidi
- Written
- Majid Majidi
Production
- Rating
- 7.9 / 10 · 746 ratings
- Studio
- Kanoon, Miramax
If this stayed with you
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