Global Lens Film: MODEST RECEPTION (Paziraie Sadeh)

Bates College Olin Arts Center, 104
75 Russell Street
Lewiston, ME 04240
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Leila and Kaveh are a mysterious pair from Tehran, traveling the mountainous countryside in their Lexus coupe to push big bags of money on the locals. This turns out to be not so easy, but fascinating to watch, as the cagey couple invent increasingly brazen stratagems to place cash in the hands of the wary, proud or indifferent. Will they push things too far? Are they losing sight of their mission? What exactly is their mission? Led by riveting performances from Taraneh Alidoosti and writer-director Mani Haghighi, this bold comedy-drama unfurls with unexpected force amid subtle themes of power, privilege and corruption.

Director: Mani Haghighi
Iran
Farsi/Persian, with subtitles in English

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