Angel on the Right is a 2002 Tajik

Cinema of Tajikistan

The first films in the cinema of Tajikistan were produced in the early 1930s, for example Quand meurent les émirs by Lydia Pechorina in 1932....

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Jamshed Usmonov

Jamshed Usmonov

Jamshed Usmonov is a Tajik film director, producer, scriptwriter and one of most notable figures of contemporary Persian cinema.He studied at the Dushanbe Fine Arts School in Dushanbe and Director's School in Moscow...

. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...

 section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival

2002 Cannes Film Festival

The 2002 Cannes Film Festival started on 15 May and ran until 26 May. The Palme d'Or went to the Polish-French-German-British co-produced film The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski.-Jury:* David Lynch * Sharon Stone* Michelle Yeoh...

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Plot

This dark comedy, the third feature film for Jamshed Usmonov, is set, and filed on location, in the Russian 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

• Uktamoi Miyasarova - Halima
• Maruf Pulodzoda - Hamro
• Kova Tilavpur - Yatim
• Mardonkul Kulbobo - Mayor
• Malohat Maqsumova - Savri
• Furkat Burlev - The Barman
• Orzuqui Kholikov - Young man with goat
• Hokim Rakhmonov - Dervish
• Tolib Temuraliev - The Millionaire
• Davras Azimov - The Doormaker