The Song of Sparrows

Çok sevdim ya. İran filmlerine çoğunlukla bayılırım zaten. Oldukça samimi, oldukça sıcak hissettirir bana. Bu filmde de Karim'in hayatından bir kesiti yaşıyormuș gibi izledim. Bazı sahneler(özellikle filme adını veren Song of Sparrows sahnesi) beni çok etkiledi. Mutlaka izlemeniz gereken filmlerden olmuş.

very humane.

Parasiz pulsuz, issiz, kariyersiz ve sozum ona itibarlardan yoksun bir babanin; insanin asli duygularini (hakkaniyet, umitkarlik, empati...)yitirmeden nasil mucadele etmesi gerektigini anlatir... Beni en cok etkileyen sey ise bu adamin banknotlari birbirinden ayiramiyor olusu ve kendi var olusunu en iyi bildigi is olan deve kusu bakiciliginda gerceklestiriyor olusudur...

?t is a wonderful movie which is about real life.

A nice slice of life picture with nice cinematography and good acting.

Affecting, frequently amusing and nicely-photographed tale of the struggles of a husband and father in rural Iran, that evinces fascination with and care for the diversity of terrestrial life and the beauty of the surrounding world. Some moments are perhaps overly sentimental, but there is something gently captivating about the movie that makes it seem more than the sum of its parts. Possibly deserves an even higher score.

"Majid Majidi's lyrical, gently comic The Song of Sparrows grounds its low-key humor in the realities of poor, semi-rural Iranian life." - Andrew Schenker

The LIFE is beautiful! HUH? just a childly neo-realistic one

An ostrich rancher loses his job and his daughter needs a new hearing aid. To raises the funds needed, he finds success as a motorcycle cabbie in Tehran, but the sudden influx of money begins to alter his personality. This is a beautiful and subtle work about greed and purity, with lovely uses of symbolism, some charming moments and nice bits of light comedy. Majidi seems to be a fine craftsman, similar to Makhmalbaf. A memorable fable/character study, and a revealing peek into Iranian culture.

Majidi, a card-carrying animist, proves again his attentiveness to, aliveness to, the surrounding world. The opening shots of domestic ostriches from the neck up, the pursuit of an escaped ostrich by ten men on foot, a solitary pursuer patrolling the hills in a homemade costume as an ostrich decoy -- all of that, besides being fresh material on screen, presents evidence aplenty.

18 Ekim 2008, 45. altin portakal film festivali, Cinebonus 2, 14:00 & yonetmenin izledigim ilk filmi & o kadar sempatik, o kadar zengin bir film ki! icerdigi ufak ayrintilarinda tasigi mesajlar ile izleyiciyi yakalamayi biliyor... festivalin en begendigim filmlerinden biriydi... oyunculuk, yonetmenlik ve senaryo bir harika!