Crimson Gold

Produced in 2003

Film Information

Festival Edition 2003 - Edition 6

Section Panorama

Director Jafar Panahi

Country Iran

Duration 97 min

Language Persian (with French subtitles)

Category Panorama 2003

Producer Jafar Panahi

Screenplay Abbas Kiarostami

Cast Hossein Emadeddine (Hussein), Kamyar Sheisi (Ali), Azita Rayeji (the jeweler), Shahram Vaziri

Genre Drama

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 shatters 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 upscale jewelry store because of their appearance.

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Crimson Gold