Gold and Copper
2011 · 97 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 3,933 VOTES · DIR. Homayoun Assadian
Overview
A Tehran mullah-in-training struggles to take care of his ailing wife and their children in this profoundly moving melodrama. A film of near-universal appeal, it puts a human face on Iran's Muslim clergy with its unusual tale of a man forced by hardship to become a better husband and father. Seyed Reza has just moved with his family to Tehran so he can study the Koran, and he relies on his lovely wife Zahra to look after their two young children and weave the intricate rugs that earn them a living. But one evening Zahra collapses and is taken to the hospital, where she's diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Scarcely able to process the tragedy, Seyed is left to cook, change diapers, walk his daughter to school and take his toddler son with him to his classes, where peers and elders treat him with scorn. But Seyed eventually learns to cope, his prayers and devotional studies taking on deeper meaning as he attends to the hard nightly work of rug weaving, getting through with a heavy ...
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00:00:01 In the name of God
00:03:08 Atefeh's school is so near.
00:05:41 God knows why she hides her!
00:09:31 How could you knit this with all your tasks!
00:12:44 No rush Mr.Hamid. InshAllah next session...
00:16:51 Yes, Mr.doctor.
00:21:35 Sweetie, you used to be obedient! Hurry up! Hurry!
00:24:50 She checked your wife this morning, you may ask her.
00:27:56 Ms.Zahra where are you going?
00:31:28 For my ancestor, Fatimah Zahra's (a), sake.
00:34:57 Yes Mr, yes.
00:38:45 Mommy Zahra should stay at the hospital for two days to get better.
00:43:29 He just had done honestly everything he knew.
00:47:05 Mr.Seyyed, for God's sake, tell me the truth.
00:51:43 "The Truth is..."
00:55:06 Eh, I talked so I ate less.
01:00:53 Oh descendant of the Prophet, what are you doing to yourself?
01:04:30 God, why don't you just kill me?
01:08:19 I can't control myself...
01:12:58 We owe you, you helped us a lot.
01:16:44 Dear Atefeh...
01:22:02 It's not important.
01:26:07 Aida, shoot hard!
01:31:42 Gold and Copper Islamic Republic of Iran