Crimson Gold
Chazen Museum of Art 750 University Ave., Madison, Wisconsin 53706
press release: Iran | 2003 | 35mm | 92 min. | Persian with English subtitles
Director: Jafar Panahi
Cast: Hossain Emadeddin, Kamyar Sheisi, Azita Rayeji
The gifted director Panahi confronts class divisions within contemporary society through this dark story that begins with a violent jewelry store robbery gone awry. In flashback, the life of the main perpetrator – an overweight Tehran pizza delivery man played by non-professional Emadeddin – is brought out of the shadows. The tense, spare and compassionate screenplay is by the great Abbas Kiarostami. Co-presented with support from UW Middle East Studies.
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