Synopsis
رنگ خدا
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.
Audience Engagement
142 audience reviews — more than 96% of Other Asia films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 90th percentile among Other Asia films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Color of Paradise. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Family + Drama in Other Asia
14 Other Asia titles in our catalog blend the Family and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Color of Paradise itself).
The 1998–2000 Other Asia Window
The Color of Paradise holds position #4 of 23 Other Asia films in the 1998–2000 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Other Asia Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Other Asia, 53 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Color of Paradise premiered alongside 7 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 7 other Other Asia films in 1999.
The 105th Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Color of Paradise, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- paradise · 2
- father son relationship · 26
- teheran (tehran) · 13
- blindness · 7
- iran · 33
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #78 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (86th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.9 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Family productions specifically: #3 of 20 (top 15%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Iran |
| Original Language | Persian |
| Spoken Languages | Azerbaijani, Persian |
| Production Companies | Varahonar Company |
| Runtime | 1h 30m |
| Release Date | February 8, 1999 |
| IMDb | tt0191043 |