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Crimson GoldConsumer Rating : Price Range : $5.60 - $48.95
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 thi... | Merchant Offers |