Crimson Gold

Crimson Gold

When you're pushed too far, you might just push back

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Release Date

9/12/2003

Runtime

96 mins

Overview

Pizza man Hussein is a daily witnesses to the unjust distribution of wealth in his native Iran. One day, he finds a purse filled with shockingly expensive receipts from an upscale jewelry store. He attempts to bring the purse back to the store, but because of his working-class attire, he's not allowed inside. Then, during a delivery, a rich man invites Hussein into his extravagant mansion – an event that spurs Hussein to make a desperate bid for wealth.

Status

Released

Original Language

Persian

Budget

-

Revenue

$400,768

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A slow-burn portrait of humiliation and desperation that observes how systematic inequality can erode a person until they break. Quietly devastating.

Mood

Dread-soakedAngryMelancholicBleak

Themes

ClassComing apartSurvival

Tone

Matter-of-fact

Pacing

Meditative

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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