Iron Island (film)

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

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

Synopsis[edit]

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 an immensely overcrowded tanker, anchored offshore.

Film winning Golden Peacock Award in IFFI (2010)

Cast[edit]

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

Reception[edit]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 97% of 32 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's consensus reads: "A visually creative yet grounded film from Iran, Iron Island is a political allegory that packs a punch"[2] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 74 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Front Page : 'Jazireh Ahani' bags Golden Peacock". The Hindu. 2005-12-05.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Iron Island". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 2019-07-03. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Iron Island". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 2023-04-18.

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