The Color of Paradise

1999 · 90 MIN · IMDB 8.1 · 18,703 VOTES · DIR. Majid Majidi

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Overview

The story revolves around a blind boy named Mohammed who is released from his special school in Tehran for summer vacation. His father, shamed and burdened by Mohammed's blindness, arrives late to pick him up and then tries to convince the headmaster to keep Mohammed over the summer. The headmaster refuses, so Mohammed's father eventually takes him home.

Dialogue Timeline — 434 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:10 In the name of God
00:01:56 - This one? - Mine, sir.
00:04:21 You have five minutes to look and check.
00:07:16 Ali, Majid, Mohsen, come with me.
00:14:45 - Hello. - Hello.
00:15:58 There he is.
00:20:17 Woods, forest.
00:26:01 City schools are better. They close earlier!
00:28:38 Beautiful Granny! I am over here.
00:30:52 Where? I want to see.
00:35:55 But they didn't have a chance to get married.
00:37:13 We've got to do something about Mohammad.
00:39:43 But the birds are talking.
00:44:33 Please! I'd like to go with them.
00:46:10 Mohammad, sit here.
00:47:11 The nights that the moon doesn't shine are dark."
00:50:03 No, I'm going shopping. It's very far. Stay here. I will come back soon.
00:57:52 This is Mohammad.
00:59:09 Now, let's go out.
01:00:44 Our teacher says that God loves the blind more because they can't see...
01:03:42 I've put up with it for five solid years.
01:07:04 Drink, dear Granny.
01:11:00 He is doing well.
01:22:07 Mohammad!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed434
Dialogue density4.8 lines / min
First line00:00:10
Final line01:22:07

Production Record

DirectorMajid Majidi
LanguagePersian
IMDb votes18,703