Movie Night: The Song of Sparrows

Join Pitt's Persian Panthers and CMU's PSO presenting another exciting Iranian movie:

The Song of Sparrows
(Avaze Gonjeshk-Ha / The Song of the Sparrow)


Director: Majid Majidi
Language: Persian w/ English subtitle
Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Scaife Hall 125 at CMU
Admission: Free, Open to All

Plot Summary:
In this well-crafted Iranian drama, a broken hearing aid and a wayward bird become catalysts for a career change and sudden prosperity, as well as an ethical and spiritual quandary, for ostrich wrangler Karim (Reza Naji). Fired from his ranch job after one of his charges escapes, Karim sets off to get his daughter's hearing aid fixed in Tehran, where he's mistaken for a motorcycle cabbie -- and soon his fares and travels begin to warp his values.