Beautiful story

Rating: 9/10 (14 May 2012)

Ali is sent to pick up his sister's shoes from a repair shop and when he puts them down while at a produce stand, a garbage man picks them up and throws them away. The boy frantically searches for the shoes with no luck, and so he asks his sibling, Zahra, not to tell their parent's because they are very poor, even being several months behind in their rent.
The kids devise a scheme to share Ali's pair of Converse, with the two alternating school classes between mornings and afternoons. He is late because of the trade off in an alley and his principal warns him to be on time.
Ali's father, desperate for money, takes his son along with gardening tools to a wealthy neighborhood, looking for work. They find a mansion and the owner's grandson plays with Ali as his father landscapes. On their way home, they fall off their bike and are slightly injured.
Ali hears of a race with one of the prizes being a new pair of sneakers, so he decides to run in order to win the footwear for his sister. The ending is charming and so are the the two kids who play the brother and sister. Children of Heaven is proof that a big budget is not needed to make a great film.