Children Of Heaven

In this Iranian film, a young boy (Amir Farrokh Hashemian) accidentally loses his sister's (Bahare Seddiqi) only pair of "good" shoes.  He's afraid to tell their parents, but she needs her shoes in order to attend school.

He devises a plan that involves the daily sharing of his sneakers, a plan not without difficulty because they each attend schools that are some distance apart.

Serendipitously, he hears about a foot race that has, wonder of wonders, a pair of sneakers as third prize!  He enters the contest, but can he place third??

Just watching these beautiful children made this movie a winner with me.