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Angel on the Right

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Angel on the Right
Directed byJamshed Usmonov
Written byJamshed Usmonov
Produced byJamshed Usmonov
StarringUktamoi Miyasarova
CinematographyPascal Lagriffoul
Edited byJacques Comets
Music byMichael Galasso
Release date
  • 24 May 2002 (2002-05-24)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryTajikistan
LanguageTajik

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.[1]

Plot

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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.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Angel on the Right". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
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