Crimson Gold (2003)
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 73
Fresh: 63 | Rotten: 10
A slow-burning, riveting film about Iranian class differences.
Average Rating: 8/10
Critic Reviews: 26
Fresh: 25 | Rotten: 1
A slow-burning, riveting film about Iranian class differences.
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Jafar Panahi's Crimson Gold was written by Abbas Kiarostami, who also wrote Panahi's The White Balloon. The film opens in the midst of a jewelry store robbery. In a single shot, a hulk of a man, trapped by the store's security system, shoots the store manager. Moments later, with an excited crowd gathering on the street outside, he turns the gun on himself. The film then flashes back several weeks. Hussein (Hossain Emadeddin) (the robber) is working as a pizza delivery man with his best friend,
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Hossain Emadeddin
Hussein -
Kamyar Sheisi
Ali -
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Shahram Vaziri
The Jeweler -
Pourang Nakhael
Pourang
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I'm glad I saw Crimson Gold. Watching it is like getting a peek behind the curtain.
Top CriticPanahi's movie, unsurprisingly, has been outlawed in Iran. Nobody likes a prophet.
The movie can feel slow and tedious, but the supper it makes us work for is nourishing.
It's every bit as outwardly unruffled as its hero, but inwardly it seethes with the very same gradually accumulated rage. A devastating and beautiful film.
A film both shocking and humane, as if Taxi Driver were somehow rewritten by Chekhov.
It's the singular presence of Hussein Emadeddin -- a nonprofessional like all the other actors Panahi has used in his films -- that gives the film much of its soul and mystery.
The film's sociopolitical themes are all the more powerful for being subtly expressed through a starkly realistic tale.
An incisive portrait of one man's quiet rage at, and heartbreakingly violent response to, social inequality.
Brutal class realities in contemporary Iran
an artful failure, a moped-fueled odyssey into dramatic weariness and monotony
...a slow-moving but ultimately intriguing character study.
It settles into the typical reflective mode of Iranian films, but something is happening: A human being is slowly, sullenly, silently approaching his combustion point.
Its cumulative power will smack viewers with all the force of a rattlesnake to the cheek.
Quietly brilliant psychological drama.
As overly familiar as director Jafar Panahi's setup and delivery seems, its freshness is in its setting.
A work of poetry
Though it sometimes seems as plodding as its burly protagonist,...an intriguing, if imperfect, piece of work.
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December 20, 2010:
Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Imprisoned, Given 20-Year Filmmaking BanIranian director Jafar Panahi, known for speaking truth to power with films such as "Crimson Gold"...
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Foreign Titles
- Crimson Gold (Talaye sorkh) (DE)
- Crimson Gold (Talaye sorkh) (CA)
The film is about a pizza delivery man who attempts to rob a jewellery store. Abbas Kiarostami wrote the script for this film, supposedly after meeting with Quintin Tarantino and you can tell in its non-linear narrative. The film starts with the robbery and him killing himself, then the rest of the film is the build up. This non-linear narrative with the neo-realist style of Iranian new wave does create something void of tension but full of exploration.