Iron Island (film)

Iron Island (Persian: جزیره آهنی, Jazire-ye Ahani‎) is a 2005 Iranian drama film directed by Mohammad Rasoulof. The film garnered the Best Film: Golden Peacock Award at the 36th International Film Festival of India.[1]

Iron Island
Directed byMohammad Rasoulof
Produced byMohammad Rasoulof, Abolhassan Davoodi
Written byMohammad Rasoulof
Release date
2005
Running time
90 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian

Synopsis

Old Captain Nemat runs a tight ship. This benevolent dictator is almost a father to the scores of poor, homeless, uneducated families who live on his immensely overcrowded tanker, anchored several yards offshore. The fact that the ship's owner and the authorities have ordered him to evacuate the place presents no problem. He simply refuses with somewhat disastrous results.

Film winning Golden Peacock Award in IFFI (2010)

Cast
  • Ali Nassirian ... Captain Nemat
  • Hossein Farzi-Zadeh ... Ahmad
  • Neda Pakdaman ... The girl

Reception

The film has a 97% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the critics’ consensus stated as, “A visually creative yet grounded film from Iran, Iron Island is a political allegory that packs a punch.”[2]

References
  1. "The Hindu : Front Page : `Jazireh Ahani' bags Golden Peacock". www.thehindu.com.
  2. Iron Island (2006), retrieved 2019-07-03


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