Angel on the Right (2002)

Not Recommended

Tajikstan/France/Italy/Switzerland

Feature FIlm

Original Title: Фариштаи китфи рост

Writer/Director: Jamshed Usmonov

Cinematographer: Pascal Lagriffoul

Composer: Mike Galasso

Cast: Uktamoi Miyasarova, Maruf Pulodzoda, Kova Tilavpur, Mardonkul Kulbobo, Malohat Maqsumova

In Usmonov’s awkwardly acted and vaguely bland if mildly diverting and gently blackly comic film, Hamro, a Moscow based small time hood, is tricked into returning to his small Tajik home village to renovate his family home in preparation for his mother’s apparent, imminent demise by a number of locals to whom he owes a great deal of money. Iain.Stott