The Color of Paradise
1999 · 90 MIN · IMDB 8.1 · 18,703 VOTES · DIR. Majid Majidi
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
Hossein Mahjoub
Father (Pedar)
Mohsen Ramezani
Mohammad
Salameh Feyzi
Grandma (Madar Bozorg)
Farahnaz Safari
Big Sister (Bahareh)
Elham Sharifi
Little Sister (Haniyeh)
Ahmed Aminian
Young Wife's Father
Moghadam Behboodi
Village Headmaster
Morteza Fatemi
Carpenter
GanAli Khorami
Villager
Kamal Mirkarimi
Schoolmaster
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