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Synopsis: For Hussein, a pizza delivery driver, the imbalance of the social system is thrown in his face wherever he turns. One day when his friend, Ali, shows him the contents of a lost purse, Hussein discovers a receipt of payment and cannot believe the large sum of money someone spent to purchase an expensive necklace. He knows that his pitiful salary will never be enough to afford such luxury. Hussein receives yet another blow when he and Ali are denied entry to an uptown jewelry store because of their appearance. His job allows him a full view of the contrast between rich and poor. He motorbikes every evening to neighborhoods he will never live in, for a closer look at what goes on behind closed doors. But one night, Hussein tastes the luxurious life, before his deep feelings of humiliation push him over the edge.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Jafar Panahi
Production: Wellspring Media
  4 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
81
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
UNRATED
Year:
2003
95 min
Website
157 Views


She didn't have a purse.

l wasn't talking about her purse.

lf my sis finds out

l'm showing you other chicks...

she'll go mad!

lt's around here.

This is the top part of town.

Let's go see

what a 75-million necklace looks like.

Look at her!

No, she's from down below.

Aren't you through yet?

No, why? l've got time. And l'm in the mood!

Hold on, it must be around here somewhere.

There, that's it.

Give her a body and she'd be great!

Thank you for coming.

- l have a question.

- Tell me.

- Can't we come in?

- l'm listening.

- l can explain inside.

- Go on, tell me.

Let me do it.

Hello.

This ring... lt was his engagement ring.

He gained weight. lt had to be cut.

Now l'm getting married.

Think you could fix it for me...

We don't do that. Try the lower part of town.

Down there, in Galubandak...

Those jewelers do things like that.

Come on, give us a smile!

That will inspire me

to focus on the ladies again.

Tell me, what was it like, in your day?

Women really went out naked,

without veils?

How old were you then?

Can l ask you something else?

- Were you really offended?

- You weren't?

Yeah, but not as much as you.

You're really a little too sensitive.

We're not good enough to be his customers.

That hurt me, too.

The way he looked at us!

Did he really have to do that?

He wanted to snub us.

Forget it. Let me light you a smoke.

Just like with my father,

l won't smoke in front of you.

l respect you just as much.

A smoke will do you some good.

You know, l really like you a lot.

Because l know you well.

Here...

But that guy can't know you.

He's always counting his money.

Who's he got in life? 44 people at the most?

They'll all fit in one bus.

You shouldn't be angry with him.

Pay your respects to him

and he'll respect you.

That's how this world works.

So you're defending him?

He didn't need to look at us like that.

l would never defend him!

Stop taking this out on yourself.

You and my sister are all l've got.

lt's nice of you to marry her!

l was worried about her.

Not that you couldn't find better...

but between us...

you'll never find a bro-in-law like me.

As for that guy, l'll fix him up real good.

Who?

That guy who pissed you off.

l'll show him who he's dealing with.

What are you going to do?

You'll see.

l'm talking about the purse.

l'll give it to my sis.

No, dump it.

Too bad, it's a nice one.

You throw away money you find?

That's not the same.

Money is made to circulate.

lf you give the purse to your sister...

someone could recognize it.

You're right.

Plus, she doesn't like black.

She prefers white.

A nice white wedding purse.

Keep moving!

White car, move it!

White car, forward!

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Abbas Kiarostami

Abbas Kiarostami (Persian: عباس کیارستمی‎ [ʔæbˌbɒːs kijɒːɾostæˈmi] ( listen); 22 June 1940 – 4 July 2016) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer and film producer. An active film-maker from 1970, Kiarostami had been involved in over forty films, including shorts and documentaries. Kiarostami attained critical acclaim for directing the Koker trilogy (1987–94), Close-Up (1990), Taste of Cherry (1997) – which was awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival that year – and The Wind Will Carry Us (1999). In his later works, Certified Copy (2010) and Like Someone in Love (2012), he filmed for the first time outside Iran: in Italy and Japan, respectively. Kiarostami had worked extensively as a screenwriter, film editor, art director and producer and had designed credit titles and publicity material. He was also a poet, photographer, painter, illustrator, and graphic designer. He was part of a generation of filmmakers in the Iranian New Wave, a Persian cinema movement that started in the late 1960s and includes pioneering directors such as Bahram Beyzai, Nasser Taghvai, Ali Hatami, Masoud Kimiai, Dariush Mehrjui, Sohrab Shahid Saless and Parviz Kimiavi. These filmmakers share many common techniques including the use of poetic dialogue and allegorical storytelling dealing with political and philosophical issues.Kiarostami had a reputation for using child protagonists, for documentary-style narrative films, for stories that take place in rural villages, and for conversations that unfold inside cars, using stationary mounted cameras. He is also known for his use of Persian poetry in the dialogue, titles, and themes of his films. Kiarostami's films contain a notable degree of ambiguity, an unusual mixture of simplicity and complexity, and often a mix of fictional and documentary elements. The concepts of change and continuity, in addition to the themes of life and death, play a major role in Kiarostami's works. more…

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