Sun Children

May 14, 2021

1h 39m

★ 7.0

Overview

The story of 12-year-old Ali and his three friends. Together they work hard to survive and support their families, doing small jobs in a garage and committing petty crimes to make fast money. In a turn of events that seems miraculous, Ali is entrusted to find hidden treasure underground. He recruits his gang, but first, to gain access to the tunnel, the children must enroll at the Sun School, a charitable institution that tries to educate street kids and child laborers, close to where the treasure is located.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Majid Majidi Film Production

Sun Children Trailers

Cast

Hashem

Ali Nasirian

Vice-Principal Rafie

Javad Ezzati

Ali's Mother

Tannaz Tabatabaei

Ali

Roohollah Zamani

Mamad

Mahdi Mousavi

Zahra

Shamila Shirzad

Abolfazl

Abolfazl Shirzad

Reza

Mani Ghafouri

Mr. Safar (The Janitor)

Safar Mohammadi

The Principal

Ali Ghabeshi

The Teacher

Babak Lotfi Khajepasha

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