Golden Blood
Golden Blood (Talad Khoon) [2022] Direction by Ebrahim Sheibani Starring: Zahra Hatami, Shahab Hosseini & Bahar Ghasemi Language: Farsi I often hear that China is going to be the next superpower, or that India will have its golden age soon. But I think people are ignoring that Iran is the next big thing in terms of film (I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again). Anything that has been done by a director in the western world has probably been done by an Iranian director. The difference is that Farsi movies are three times more intense, five times more poignant, and ten times better to watch. I’m a Farsi movie convert, everybody, what can I say. What I realized from this movie in particular was that class divide. I’ve mentioned it before whilst talking about Farsi movies, but it is very interesting how all the Farsi movies have coincidentally looked at class divide, whatever plot the movie may have. Iranian Farsi movies have done such an excellent job ...