Angel on the Right

Fararishtay kifti rost

Tajikistan, Switzerland, France, Italy

2002

91 Min

Color

1.66:1

Tajik

Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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CAST Uktamoi Miyasarova, Maruf Pulodzoda, Kova Tilavpur, Mardonkul Kulbobo, Malohat Maqsumova, Furkat Burlev, Orzuqui Kholikov, Hokim Rakhmonov, Tolib Temuraliev, Davras Azimov

PROD DES Maslodov Farosatshoev

SOUND Dana Farzanehpour

Cannes (Un Certain Regard), London: FIPRESCI Prize, Rotterdam (Hubert Bals Fund), Mar del Plata

Synopsis

An unrepentant prodigal son straight out of a Russian jail returns to his hometown, Asht, to help his mother die with dignity. But his debts in his hometown are many and long overdue, the townspeople are tough on him, giving him more than he expected from the quiet village. –Inbaseline

Director

Jamshed Usmonov

Born in 1965, in Tajikistan. He graduated from the prestigious VGIK school of cinema in Moscow, and studied with Daviat Khudonazarov, one of the pioneers in Russian ‘nouvelle vague’ in the seventies. His first feature was his graduating film, Flight of the Bee (1988), co-directed by a classmate, South Korean Min Byung-Hun. As from then, Usmonov has directed and written several short films both fiction and animation, in addition to documentaries, the majority produced by the state-owned Tadjikfilm. In 1991, with the political and economic reforms, the state-owned company went bankrupt, and the next year, war broke out. With the support of European producers, he re-made Flight of the Bee in 1998, for part of the film had been lost, and this film, Angel on the Right. —São Paulo International Film Festival

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Santropez

11Jan11

I watched this at the theatre when I was about 9 years old and died of boredom, I was expecting to see Hollywood, now I've got an immense prejudice against this film and can't watch it again. ):