A Man of Integrity

  • 117'
  • Iran
  • 2017

Respectable family man Reza is confronted by a series of biblical setbacks, as a result of which he loses his money, car and source of income. In his sixth feature, Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof shows how difficult it is to keep your integrity. How do you sail by your moral compass if the whole of society is dragging you down?

"In this country, you are oppressed or you are the oppressor", Reza learns. Rasoulof shows how a man who has always been on the right side of the law is gradually forced to change. Autobiographical elements also find their way into the film: like many of his colleagues, Rasoulof makes his films clandestinely, because the Iranian government has banned him from making films. With this film, that won the Un Certain Regard competition at Cannes, he sketches a depressing picture of corruption and oppression in Iran. Meanwhile, A Man of Integrity can still not be seen in that country.


   
Director
Mohammad Rasoulof
Country of production
Iran
Year
2017
Festival Edition
IFFR 2018
Length
117'
Medium
DCP
Original title
Lerd
Languages
English, Persian
Producers
Mohammad Rasoulof, Kaveh Farnam
Sales
The Match Factory GmbH
Screenplay
Mohammad Rasoulof
Cinematography
Ashkan Ashkani
Editor
Meysam Muini, Mohammadreza Muini
Sound Design
Alireza Alavian
Music
Peyman Yazdanian
Cast
Reza Akhlaghirad, Soudabeh Beizaee, Nasim Adabi, Missagh Zareh Zeinab, Shabani Zhila Shani
Local Distributor
Cinéart Netherlands
Director
Mohammad Rasoulof
Country of production
Iran
Year
2017
Festival Edition
IFFR 2018
Length
117'
Medium
DCP
Original title
Lerd
Languages
English, Persian
Producers
Mohammad Rasoulof, Kaveh Farnam
Sales
The Match Factory GmbH
Screenplay
Mohammad Rasoulof
Cinematography
Ashkan Ashkani
Editor
Meysam Muini, Mohammadreza Muini
Sound Design
Alireza Alavian
Music
Peyman Yazdanian
Cast
Reza Akhlaghirad, Soudabeh Beizaee, Nasim Adabi, Missagh Zareh Zeinab, Shabani Zhila Shani
Local Distributor
Cinéart Netherlands

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