CRIMSON GOLD
Special Features: 20th Anniversary
[TALAYE SORGH]
Two master filmmakers, Abba Kiarostami (TASTE OF CHERRY) and Jafar Panahi (THE CIRCLE, THE MIRROR, THE WHITE BALLOON) team up as writer and director, respectively, on CRIMSON GOLD, a subtle tragedy on class conflict in Iran. Hussein (Hossain Emadeddin, a real-life pizza delivery man who has schizophrenia) is a lumbering war veteran swollen by the cortisone he takes for war-induced pain and reduced to delivering pizzas at night. Through his nightly rounds, he bears witness to the rewards and vanities of the city's wealthy. He is humiliated when a jewelry shop owner won't allow him in his store, and under pressure to get married, Hussein awkwardly aspires to higher ground. When an eccentric socialite gives him a taste of luxury, Hussein can no longer accept his lowly status. Kiarostami based the story on an actual newspaper account of a botched robbery attempt at a Tehrani jewelry store by a desperate pizza deliveryman. (Note courtesy of KimStim.) DIR/PROD Jafar Panahi; SCR Abbas Kiarostami. Iran, 2003, color, 97 min. In Persian with English subtitles. NOT RATED
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Run Time: 97 Minutes
Opening Date: Sunday, January 29, 2023
Genre: Drama