Angel on the Right
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Director Jamshed Usmonov Music director Michael Galasso Duration Country Tajikistan | 6.8/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy Screenplay Jamshed Usmonov Writer Jamshed Usmonov Language Tajik | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 24 May 2002 (2002-05-24) Initial release February 26, 2003 (France) Cast Maruf Pulodzoda, Uktamoi Miyasarova, Kova Tilavpur Similar movies Jamshed Usmonov directed Angel on the Right and To Get to Heaven - First You Have to Die | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Angel on the Right (Tajik: Фариштаи китфи рост, Farishtai kitfi rost; Persian: فرشته کتف راست) is a 2002 Tajik comedy-drama film directed by Jamshed Usmonov. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
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Plot
This dark comedy, the third feature film for Jamshed Usmonov, is set, and filmed on location, in the Tajik town of Asht. After serving a long prison sentence, a remorseless man returns to his home village. While trying to help his mother die with dignity, the man endures multiple run-ins with the unyielding villagers who expect to collect on his myriad overdue debts. The cast of this film is the real-life population of the town of Asht itself. Usmonov cast his own mother and brother for the lead roles in the film.
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References
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