Angel on the Right
(Fararishtay kifti rost)
by Jamshed Usmonov
Tajikistan
Screenplay: Jamshed Usmonov
Cineamtographer: Pascal Lagriffoul
Editing: Jacques Comets
Sound: Waldir Xavier
Art Director: M. Farosatshoev
Cast: U. Miyasarova, Maruf Puludzoda, Kova Tilavpur, M. Qulbobo, M. Maqsumova, H. Rakhmonov
Production: Fabrica Cinema, Ventura Film, ARTCAM International, Asht Village
Distribution:
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Year: 2002
35 mm, Colour, 88 min,
OV Tajik with French Subtitles
Un Certain Regard - Cannes Film Festival 2002
After ten years, Hamro, a small criminal, comes back to his native village Asht to watch over old Halima, his dying mother. In fact, Halima is quite alive. She thought of this cunning way to make Hamro, who owns money to the whole village, come back and pay off his debts. Threatened, in dire straits, only a miracle could save him. Her mother speaks little but always listens; she wants to help her only son. He rejects her support, preferring to take refuge in alcohol and shuts himself in. The sheer presence of his own son, born from a brief union and whom he did not know, will transform Hamro. Can the angel, the legendary one giving the film its title, the one sitting on the right shoulder, finally record his good deeds?
"I wanted to pay a tribute to this disappearing world made of naïve people who are able to believe in miracles, and once more question the relationships between good and evil, as the ambiguous end of the film shows." J. Usmonov
