Corrupted Hands - 2000
Directed by Cyrus Alvand
A wedding photographer recruits the help of his brother and sister to rob the next ceremony that he has been hired to video tape.
Color, 1 hour 40 minutes, Farsi
Original Title: Dasthi-ye Aloudeh
Trailer currently not available, Watch Scene (Farsi w/English subtitles)
Star Rating
Never Ranked
Cast
| Aboulfazl Pourarab | Syamak |
| Hediyeh Tehrani | Diba |
| Asal Badii | Shireen |
| Amin Hayayi | Nader |
| Elham Imani | Roya |
Crew
| Writer | Tirdad Sakhai Cyrus Alvand |
| Director | Cyrus Alvand |
| Producer | Hassan Tavakolnia |
| Director of Photography | Ali Ollahyari |
| Sound Recordist | Jahanghir Mirshekari |
| Production Designer | Majid Niamourad |
| Editor | Rouhollah Imami |
| Sound Mixer | Farhad Arzmandi |
| Music | Babak Bayat |
Pictures
Syamak (Aboulfazl Pourarab) and his brother Nader (Amin Hayayi) buy pigeons for the ceremony.
Syamak meets his future father-in-law.
The wedding mirror.
Syamak is being tailed by a thug hired by his future father-in-law.
The Score.
The Cover.
During his escape, Syamak is confronted by chain-wielding thug.
"Bad" Nasser wants the jewelry that Syamak and Co. have stolen.
A possible nod to "Reservoir Dogs."
Caged Pigeons.
DVD
External Reviews
By Robert Koehler Variety
Testing the maxim that there's no honor among thieves, "Corrupted Hands," from the commercial arm of Iranian cinema, is a genre heist piece that at times seems slavish in its application of American movie conventions, at others promises more, but finally delivers nothing but limp melodrama. Writer-director Cyrus Alvand's 12th film reps the latest in a series of four-walled features presented by the Iranian Film Society which reveal what everyday Iranian moviegoers line up for (as opposed to those approved by Western fests). But an abrupt one-week premiere run in L.A. suggests this will be a poorer Stateside performer than such previous releases as "Hemlock." Continued
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