The Color of Paradise
1999 1h 30m movie Film

The Color of Paradise

رنگ خدا

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.

The 1998–2000 Other Asia Window

23 Other Asia films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Color of Paradise sits at position #4.

  1. Summer in Bethlehem
    #1

    Summer in Bethlehem

    ★ 7.8 · 1998

  2. The Headmaster
    #2

    The Headmaster

    ★ 7.7 · 2000

  3. A Time for Drunken Horses
    #3

    A Time for Drunken Horses

    ★ 7.6 · 2000

  4. The Color of Paradise

    #4

    The Color of Paradise

    ★ 7.5 · 1999

  5. Land of Fear
    #5

    Land of Fear

    ★ 7.4 · 2000

  6. West Beirut
    #6

    West Beirut

    ★ 7.3 · 1998

  7. Punjabi House
    #7

    Punjabi House

    ★ 7.3 · 1998

  8. Hammam Fe Amsterdam
    #8

    Hammam Fe Amsterdam

    ★ 7.3 · 1999

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.

The 1990s Other Asia Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Color of Paradise premiered. 53 total titles in this decade from Other Asia.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.5
TMDB Rating
142
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

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

Themes & Motifs

  • paradise
  • teheran (tehran)
  • iran
  • blindness
  • father son relationship

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