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Mood:
- GloomyAtmosphericContemplativeSincereThought Provoking
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Plot:
- PsychologicalMind and SoulSocietySocial MisfitsRich and PoorSocial DifferencesDown on Your LuckCrimes more...
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Genres:
- DramaForeignNew WaveRealism
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- IranStoreUrban
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Based on:
- Based on True Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Crimson Gold, 2003
Persian
Iran
Profile of Crimson Gold
The mood of Crimson Gold is gloomy, thought provoking, and contemplative. The plot centers around psychological motives, society, and themes of mind and soul. It is a drama and foreign movie. Stylistically, Crimson Gold is New Wave and features realism. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. Crimson Gold takes place, at least partly, in a store and in an urban environment. The setting is Iran. It happens in contemporary times. Crimson Gold is originally a true story. The movie is known for being critically acclaimed.
Summary of Crimson Gold
An expertly crafted film that allows the daily activities of a pizza delivery man to depict the complicated social structure of modern-day Iran, CRIMSON GOLD is directed by Jafar Panahi (THE CIRCLE) from a screenplay by Abbas Kiarostami (TASTE OF CHERRY). Following Hussein (Hussein Emadeddin) through late nights riding his motor scooter out of the ghetto and into the ritziest neighborhoods of Tehran on his delivery route, and his daytimes plotting a jewelry store heist with his coworker Ali (Kamyar Sheissi), the film is dumbfoundingly simple to the naked eye. However, its bizarre and constant class-conflict situations are fascinating, a truly bizarre puzzle that Hussein responds to with seasoned nonchalance. On one occasion, delivering a pizza to the 18th floor of a high rise, he meets a young, spoiled rich man (Pourang Nakhayi), who lived in America until just recently, and invites Hussein to share dinner with him in his luxurious home. Though it is clear that Hussein's difficult life as compared to this man's--who did nothing to earn his financial status--is enough to make one's blood boil with resentment, Hussein is content to appreciate the newness of the man's home and the remarkable view from his windows. The shocking conclusion to the film comes into stark contrast with Hussein's otherwise patient and kind understanding of the class rifts in Tehran, admitting that even the kindest and most morally upstanding souls have a breaking point.
Details
| Language: | Persian |
| Country: | Iran |
| Release date: | October 2003 |
| Runtime: | 95 min |
Cast and Crew
as Hussein
as Ali
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Critics Reviews
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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- by: Liam Lacey
The Onion (A.V. Club)
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- by: Scott Tobias
