Children of Heaven

In the first scene, the movie begins with a man mending a pair of old pink tennis shoes. The work looks meticulous. As the camera zooms out, you notice a child on the left waiting patiently for the ragged shoes to be mended. It is obvious that shoe mending is a rare profession because when the child leaves the mending shop the audience notices a small village square. The cobblestone ground covers the village.

In the next scene the child enters a produce stand and sets down his shoes near the front. He is quickly told by the owner to choose the potatoes on the back corner of the floor, as though he is not worthy of the other potatoes. As the child picks through discarded potatoes the trash man comes by in rugged clothes and picks up the mended shoes with the trash. As the child is leaving the store, he goes into a panic when realizing the shoes are taken.