Crimson Gold
Jafar Panahi Iran 2003 95 min PG
After a series of humiliating encounters, a war veteran becomes convinced that the only way to move up in life is through crime.
Hussein, a pizza delivery driver, dreams of gifting his bride jewellery for their wedding but is repeatedly refused service at the jeweller’s. As he traverses neighbourhoods to fulfil delivery orders, he becomes increasingly aware of the stark difference in treatment of the wealthy and the poor. An unexpected taste of luxury leads Hussein to find that he can no longer tolerate being dismissed.
Fusing documentary and fiction to reimagine the true story of a failed burglary, Crimson Gold maps the tragedy of a hardworking man’s demise in reverse chronology. This was the last collaboration between Panahi and his mentor, Abbas Kiarostami, who wrote the screenplay. The film won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at Cannes.
7 Dec, Sat 9:30PM / 103 min
Oldham Theatre
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Crimson Gold
طلای سرخ
Jafar Panahi
Iran
2003
Farsi
English
95 min
PG
Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi is an Iranian filmmaker who has won numerous accolades including the Berlinale’s Golden Bear for Taxi (2015) and Cannes’ Best Screenplay for Three Faces (2018). His films often portray Iranian society in a humanistic and neorealist style. The explicit social critique in his work has incurred the government’s ire, for which he has been imprisoned and placed under house arrest.
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