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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Sun Children
| image = The Sun 2020 poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Majid Majidi
| producer = Majid Majidi
Amir Banan
| writer =
| screenplay = Majid Majidi
Nima Javidi
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = Rouhollah Zamani
Javad Ezzati
Ali Nassirian
| music = Ramin Kousha
| cinematography = Hooman Behmanesh
| editing = Hassan Hassandoost
| studio =
| distributor =
| released =
| runtime = 99 minutes
| country = Iran
| language = Persian
}}
'Sun Children' , also known as 'The Sun', is a 2020 Iranian drama film co-produced, co-written and directed by Majid Majidi. It was presented in competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival, where child actor Rouhollah Zamani won the Marcello Mastroianni Award. It was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, making the shortlist of fifteen films.
Plot
12-year-old Ali and his three friends do small jobs and petty crimes to survive and support their families. In a timely turn of events, Ali is entrusted to find a hidden underground treasure. However, in order to gain access to the tunnel where the treasure is buried, Ali and his gang have first to enroll at the near Sun School, a charitable institution that tries to educate street kids and child laborers.
Cast
* Rouhollah Zamani as Ali
* Javad Ezzati as School Vice Principal
* Ali Nassirian as Hashem
* Shamila Shirzad as Zahra
* Seyyed Mohammad Mehdi Mousavi Fard as Mamad
* Abolfazl Shirzad as Abolfazl
* Mani Ghafouri as Reza
* Safar Mohammadi as School Janitor
* Ali Ghabeshi as School Principal
* Tannaz Tabatabaei as Ali's mother (cameo)
Reception
Critical response
The Hollywood Reporter / Deborah Young
Variety / Peter Debruge
The Guardian / Xan Brooks
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . Metacritic, assigned the film a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Accolades
See also
* List of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
* List of Iranian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References
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