Angel on the Right

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[]

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[]

• as Halima
• as Hamro
• Kova Tilavpur as Yatim
• as Mayor
• as Savri
• as The Barman
• as Young man with goat
• as Dervish
• as The Millionaire
• as The Doormaker

References[]

External links[]

• Angel on the Right at IMDb

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