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The song of sparrows [videorecording] / Regent Releasing ; the Organization of Art and Better Living and the Art and Cultural City of Tehran present ; directed and produced by Majid Majidi ; written by Majid Majidi, Mehran Kashani. - [Port Washington, N.Y.] : E1 Entertainment, [2010] - 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Credits from subtitles. Originally released in 2008.

Editor, Hassan Hassandoust ; music, Hussein Alizadeh ; director of photography, Touraj Mansouri. Editor, Hassan Hassandoust ; music, Hussein Alizadeh ; director of photography, Touraj Mansouri.

Reza Naji, Maryam Akbari, Kamran Dehgan, Hamed Aghazi, Shabnam Akhlaghi, Neshat Nazari.

After being let go from his job on an ostrich farm a man leaves his small village to find work in the big city. As a motorcycle taxi driver, he soon becomes consumed with his passengers' lives, and is swept up in a world of greed. Now it is up to his family back home to help restore his caring and generous nature.

MPAA rating: PG; for brief mild language.


DVD, NTSC, widescreen (16x9 ; 1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital, 5.1 surround sound.


Farsi dialogue with optional English subtitles.

Winner, Berlin International Film Festival, Best actor.

ISBN: 1417233044 9781417233045

Standard No.: 741952677093

Publisher. No.: E1E-DV-6770 E1 Entertainment

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ethics--Drama.
Motorcycles--Iran--Tehran--Drama.
Ostrich farms--Iran--Tehran--Drama.
Unemployed--Iran--Tehran--Drama.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Iran--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Feature films.