A man of integrity

Lerd

DRAMA

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Mohammad Rasoulof

Production Year: 2017

Duration: 117΄

Mohammad Rasoulof

He was born in 1973 in the town of Shiraz in Iran. He started his career by making numerous short films. His first feature film, in 2002, The Twilight, was presented at various festivals, including Locarno and Montreal. His second film, Iron Island, was selected in 2005 at the “Directors’ Fortnight” in Cannes. He was arrested in 2010. Charged with “hostile actions and waging propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran”, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison, with the prohibition of making films or leaving Iran for 20 years. Released on parole while waiting for the verdict of his appeal, he shot the film Goodbye in semi-underground conditions.