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TALAYE SORGH (CRIMSON GOLD)

Un Certain Regard
Directed by :
Jafar PANAHI 
Country:
IRAN
Year:
2003
Duration:
97.00 minutes
  • Jury Prize - Un Certain Regard, 2003

Synopsis

A murder and a suicide occur early one morning in a jewelry store. Behind this headline lies the story of a desperate man's feelings of humiliation in a world of social injustice ...
When his friend Ali shows him the contents of a lost purse, Hussein cannot imagine the large sum of money marked on a receipt for an expensive necklace. He knows that his pitiful salary will never be enough to afford such luxury. Hussein feels even lower on the social scale when a smooth-talking professional thief mistakes the two friends for petty crooks. Hussein receives yet another blow when he and Ali are denied entry to an uptown jewelry store because of their appearance.
Hussein's job delivering pizzas 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. The hypocrisy of the system is thrown in his face wherever he turns.
But Hussein will taste the luxurious life for one night before his deep feelings of humiliation push him over the edge.

Jafar PANAHI

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Contacts and useful links

Production

JAFAR PANAHI PRODUCTIONS - 3 Vozara Street 37th Street, 2nd Floor - Teheran - IRAN - jafarpanahi@yahoo.com

French press

Laurette MONCONDUIT & Jean-marc FEYTOUT - T : 33 (0)1 40 24 08 2 - F : 33 (0)1 43 48 01 89

International press

Richard LORMAND & Viviana ANDRIANI - T : 33 (0)1 42 66 36 35 - F : 33 (0)1 48 04 80 43 - intlpress@aol.com

Foreign sales

CELLULOID DREAMS - T : 33 (0)1 49 70 03 70 - F : 33 (0)1 49 70 03 71 - info@celluoid-dreams.com

The Official Selection 2003

Un Certain Regard