Crimson Gold ( Talaye sorkh )

Crimson Gold (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Talaye sorkh
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Farsi ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
Iran ( Africa, Middle East )

Directed By:
Jafar Panahi

Written By:
Abbas Kiarostami

Actors:
Hossain Emadeddin ..... Hussein
Kamyar Sheisi ..... Ali
Azita Rayeji ..... The Bride
Shahram Vaziri ..... The Jeweler
Ehsan Amani ..... The Man in the Tea House
Pourang Nakhael ..... The Rich Man
Kaveh Najmabadi ..... The Seller
Saber Safael ..... The Soldier
Behnaz Houri
Mehran Rajabi
Ramin Rastad
Yadollah Samadian

Synopsis:

For Hussein, a pizza delivery driver, the imbalance of the social system is thrown in his face wherever he turns. One day when his friend, Ali, shows him the contents of a lost purse, Hussein discovers a receipt of payment and cannot believe the large sum of money someone spent to purchase an expensive necklace. He knows that his pitiful salary will never be enough to afford such luxury. Hussein receives yet another blow when he and Ali are denied entry to an uptown jewelry store because of their appearance. His job allows him a full view of the contrast between rich and poor. He motorbikes every evening to neighborhoods he will never live in, for a closer look at what goes on behind closed doors. But one night, Hussein tastes the luxurious life, before his deep feelings of humiliation push him over the edge.

Pizza delivery agent Hussein struggles to find his place in a complex and contradictory modern Islamic Iran... Masterfully directed by Jafar Panahi, 'Crimson Gold' shows a very different side to Iran and its undeniable poignancy rightly earned it the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. Beginning in extraordinary fashion with a hold up on a Tehran jewellery store that ends in tragedy, the film then backtracks to detail the events that drove an essentially ordinary, decent man to crime.

An Iranian pizza delivery man sees the worst of corruption and social unbalance in his city and is driven to crime.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 03 September, 2013.

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