Majid Majidi's COLOR OF PARADISE is the best kind of cinema. Simple in concept but executed with incredible skill and detail. We enter the world of a blind child in an incredibly intimate way, exploring his world of sound and touch and the isolation his blindness brings about. What the audience perceives is a kind of pure innocence belonging to children. Almost ironically, we're also treated to some stunning images of lush scenery and locations. Absolutely mesmerizing cinematography that even out-does the exceptional audiography.
Characters and their lives are simple but very believable, and the performances from every one of the actors is spot on. The movie exhorts us to appreciate life more, and makes a good case for doing so.
Majid Majidi's "The Color of Paradise" is a beautifully photographed, poetic story about symbolism, convention, and normality and about how little we regard those who we ostracized. "The Color of Paradise" is about two outcasts - the blind boy Mohammad who knows a great deal about suffering but is intelligent enough to compensate for his physical infirmity, and his widowed father who is only beginning to deal with his social infirmity
It is an expression of a deep philosophical, existential, mystical tradition and world view. Yet it is not heavy handed or pedantic. There are plenty of human situations and characters that will appeal to everyone while the true meaning penetrates into the subconscious.

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