Sun Children

The captivating story of 12-year-old Ali and his three friends who work hard to survive on the streets of Tehran. The boys support their families by doing odd jobs in a garage and committing petty crimes on the side to make fast money. In a turn of events that seems almost miraculous, Ali is entrusted to find a hidden treasure underground. He recruits his gang, but first, to gain access to the tunnel, the children must enrol at the Sun School—a charitable institution that tries to educate street kids and child labourers—close to where the treasure is located. A spellbinding and absorbing film, as you would expect from renowned director Majid Majidi, who dedicates it to the 152 million children globally, forced to work and so deprived of an education that would allow them to uncover the true buried treasure—their full potential.