This twisted Iranian narrative follows a mysterious couple from Tehran as they distribute large bags of money in an impoverished mountain border town. Beginning as a black comedy, the film's mood transforms as the games played by Kaveh (director Mani Haghighi) and Leyla (Taraneh Alidoosti) become increasingly perverse, as they find inventive ways of humiliating the recipients of the cash. The immorality of the central characters is at times sickening, and their chain of lies is often as puzzling to us as they are to the townsfolk depicted onscreen. What is the relationship between the pair and why are they giving away money to the needy? Modest Reception has no easy answers nor pat resolutions - instead Haghighi takes the viewer on an intriguing ride into the dark recesses of the human spirit.
Sydney Film Festival 2012
Arts & Exhibitions
Film
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6 Jun 2012
@ Various Venues
NSW
Faust @ Dendy Opera Quays
Woody Allen: A Documentary @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Searching for Sugar Man @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Not Suitable for Children @ State Theatre
Whores' Glory @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Harold's Going Stiff @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Tatsumi @ Dendy Opera Quays
7 Jun 2012
Death of a Japanese Salesman @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Modest Reception @ Event Cinemas - George Street
La Pirogue @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Vivan las Antipodas! @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Killing Anna & Utopia @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Expert Talks : Fabrizo Maltese @ Sydney Town Hall
Play It Like Godard @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Caesar Must Die @ State Theatre
Policeman @ Event Cinemas - George Street
High Tech, Low Life @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Jai Bhim Comrade @ Dendy Opera Quays
Live Music : Video Jam DJ Tom Loud @ Sydney Town Hall
Mabo @ State Theatre
For Ellen @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Killer Joe @ Event Cinemas - George Street
8 Jun 2012
Live Music : Kira Puru & The Bruise @ Sydney Town Hall
Winter Nomads @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Just the Wind @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Caesar Must Die @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Death of a Japanese Salesman @ Dendy Opera Quays
Where Do We Go Now? @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Expert Talks : Anand Patwardhan & Tom Zubrycki @ Sydney Town Hall
Dr. Sarmast's Music School @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Season of the Sun @ Dendy Opera Quays
Under African Skies @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Beasts of the Southern Wild @ State Theatre
Valley of Saints @ Dendy Opera Quays
Moonrise Kingdom @ State Theatre
Jeff, Who Lives at Home @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Live Music : Secret Band @ Sydney Town Hall
Goodbye @ Dendy Opera Quays
Livid @ Event Cinemas - George Street
9 Jun 2012
Pink Ribbons, Inc. @ Event Cinemas - George Street
First Position @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Before the Revolution @ Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Spider's Stratagem @ Art Gallery of New South Wales
Beasts of the Southern Wild @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Ai Weiwei : Never Sorry @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Not Suitable for Children @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Mosquita y Mari @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Expert Talks : Stephen Maing In Conversation With Joost Den Hartog @ Sydney Town Hall
Ballroom Dancer @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Performance : The Light Box @ Sydney Town Hall
Lore @ State Theatre
A Royal Affair @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Despite the Gods @ Event Cinemas - George Street
A Colt Is My Passport @ Dendy Opera Quays
Maori Boy Genius @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Screening : British Guide to Showing Off @ Sydney Town Hall
Performance : Cinema Burlesque @ Sydney Town Hall
My Brother the Devil @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Moonrise Kingdom @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Rampart @ State Theatre
OK, Good @ Event Cinemas - George Street
The Imposter @ Dendy Opera Quays
10 Jun 2012
Bully @ State Theatre
Last Tango in Paris @ Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Law in These Parts @ Dendy Opera Quays
The Temple @ Event Cinemas - George Street
On the Road @ State Theatre
She.Say @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Dreams of a Life @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Undefeated @ Event Cinemas - George Street
I, Anna @ State Theatre
Last Call at the Oasis @ Dendy Opera Quays
Expert Talks : AFTRS Five Films for An Alien @ Sydney Town Hall
Expert Talks : Aftrs Presents Five Films For An Alien @ Sydney Town Hall
Captive @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Love Lasts Three Years @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Missing in the Land of the Gods @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Tabu @ State Theatre
Beauty @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Final Whistle @ Dendy Opera Quays
Live Music : Young Romantics @ Sydney Town Hall
Crazy Horse @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Excision @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Amour @ State Theatre
11 Jun 2012
Woody Allen : A Documentary @ State Theatre
1900 @ Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Virgin, the Copts and Me @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Hara-kiri : Death of a Samurai (3D) @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Bachelor Mountain @ Event Cinemas - George Street
The World Before Her @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Alps @ State Theatre
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia @ State Theatre
Brave @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Expert Talks : Oliver Hermanus & Tony Krawitz @ Sydney Town Hall
Coniston Massacre @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Our Homeland @ Dendy Opera Quays
OK Breathe Auralee @ Dendy Opera Quays
OK Breathe Auralee @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Bully @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Liberal Arts @ Event Cinemas - George Street
A Simple Life @ State Theatre
Live Music : Johnsong @ Sydney Town Hall
Death For Sale @ Dendy Opera Quays
Polisse @ State Theatre
The Warped Forest @ Event Cinemas - George Street
A Royal Affair @ State Theatre
12 Jun 2012
I, Anna @ Event Cinemas - George Street
On the Road @ Event Cinemas - George Street
The King of Pigs @ State Theatre
L @ Dendy Opera Quays
Step Up to the Plate @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Shadowcatchers : Panel & Book Signing @ Sydney Town Hall
Live Music : The Fabergettes @ Sydney Town Hall
Twilight Portrait @ Dendy Opera Quays
13 Jun 2012
Alps @ Event Cinemas - George Street
The King of Pigs @ Event Cinemas - George Street
11 Flowers @ Event Cinemas - George Street
AFTRS Alumni Retrospective @ Sydney Town Hall
Polisse @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Today @ State Theatre
Melodie Nelson @ Sydney Town Hall
Black Buster @ Dendy Opera Quays
Barbara @ State Theatre
Postcards From The Zoo @ Dendy Opera Quays
Headshot @ Event Cinemas - George Street
14 Jun 2012
El Gusto @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Today @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Miss Bala @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Blackfella Films Shorts @ Sydney Town Hall
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia @ Dendy Opera Quays
Croker Island Exodus @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Dead Europe @ State Theatre
The Art of the Movie Trailer @ Sydney Town Hall
Video Jam DJ Tom Loud2 @ Sydney Town Hall
The Loneliest Planet @ State Theatre
The Comedy @ Dendy Opera Quays
15 Jun 2012
Dead Europe @ Event Cinemas - George Street
The Sound of Old Rooms @ Dendy Opera Quays
Barbara @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Pink Ribbons, Inc. @ Dendy Opera Quays
The Cinema According to Bertolucci @ Sydney Town Hall
Neighbouring Sounds @ State Theatre
Golden Slumbers @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Paramedico @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Retaliation @ Dendy Opera Quays
Liberal Arts @ Dendy Opera Quays
Interactive Storytelling @ Sydney Town Hall
Being Venice @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Cambodian Psych-Out Party @ Sydney Town Hall
Hara-kiri : Death of a Samurai (3D) @ Dendy Opera Quays
Wuthering Heights @ State Theatre
Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You - A Concert for Kate McGarrigle @ Event Cinemas - George Street
16 Jun 2012
The Sound of Old Rooms @ Event Cinemas - George Street
La Luna @ Art Gallery of New South Wales
Neighbouring Sounds @ Event Cinemas - George Street
A Simple Life @ Event Cinemas - George Street
The Last Emperor @ Art Gallery of New South Wales
Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films @ Event Cinemas - George Street
El Gusto @ Dendy Opera Quays
Side by Side @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Marina Abramovic : The Artist Is Present @ Event Cinemas - George Street
The Loneliest Planet @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Hemel @ Dendy Opera Quays
Monsieur Lazhar @ State Theatre
Stray Cat Rock : Sex Hunter @ Dendy Opera Quays
Amour @ Event Cinemas - George Street
The Future of the Cinema Experience @ Sydney Town Hall
The Parade @ Event Cinemas - George Street
The Last Dogs of Winter @ Dendy Opera Quays
Snow in Paradise @ Dendy Opera Quays
The Zen of Bennett @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Keanu, Angelina & Denzel Walk Into a Bar… @ Sydney Town Hall
The Angels' Share @ State Theatre
17 Jun 2012
The Sheltering Sky @ Art Gallery of New South Wales
Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 @ State Theatre
The Dreamers @ Art Gallery of New South Wales
La Pirogue @ Dendy Opera Quays
SFF Documentary Shorts @ Sydney Town Hall
Introducing The 2012 Dendy Awards Filmmakers @ Sydney Town Hall
Wuthering Heights @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Gangs of Wasseypur Part 2 @ State Theatre
Dendy Awards Filmmakers @ Sydney Town Hall
The Angels' Share @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Step Up to the Plate @ Dendy Opera Quays
Rampart @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Safety Not Guaranteed @ State Theatre
Marley @ Event Cinemas - George Street
Event Cinemas - George Street 07 June, Event Cinemas - George Street 09 June