Azita Rayeji, Hossain Emadeddin, Kamyar Sheisi
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 discover...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 20, 2004
Stats: 66 reviews
I liked what this director did with the 2 films I have seen by him so far, so I have checked this one out from the library. Knock on wood.
Panahi says that his main intention ?is to tell a story honestly and objectively.... It?s up to the viewer to reflect and interpret what I present on his or her own. I expect my audience to be willing to reflect.?
Another great work of Panahi. How great he starts and finished his movies...he makes one thrilled when a movie is finished mostly because the opening and final scenes are in one line...just like many movies of David Lean. In Crimson Gold this feature has been done in a reall arti...( read more)
Maybe the best Persian film I've ever seen, and with no particular actors. none you had seen before. Brilliant story is somehow not-Iranian!
I don't know why, but this was one of the best movie watching experiences i've ever had. It was the first Iranian movie that i had seen (i know, there are still plenty of kiarostamis works to be discovered) and just getting a glimpse at a diverse Iranian society that certain wor...( read more)
Panahi's movie, unsurprisingly, has been outlawed in Iran. Nobody likes a prophet. full review
A film both shocking and humane, as if Taxi Driver were somehow rewritten by Chekhov. full review
The success of Crimson Gold depends to an intriguing degree on the performance of its leading actor. full review
An eloquent look at a man made less human by the world around him. full review
Jafar Panahi's film exposes the cruelties and inequities of a society sharply polarized by class and corrupted by selfishness, snobbery and cynicism. full review
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