The Song of Sparrows

In honor of upcoming Fathers Day, St. Augustine Film Society is proud to present the Iranian film “The Song of Sparrows”. When ostrich-rancher Karim focuses on replacing his daughter’s hearing aid, which breaks right before crucial exams, everything changes for a struggling rural family in Iran. Karim motorbikes into a world alien to him – incredibly hectic Tehran, where sudden opportunities for independence, thrill and challenge him. But his honor and honesty, plus traditional authority over his inventive clan, are tested, as he stumbles among vast cultural and economic gaps between his village nestled in the desert, and a throbbing international metropolis. It’s the story of a father trying to take care of his family as best he can under very trying circumstances.