Iron Island (film)

• Ali Nasirian as Captain Nemat
• Hossein Farsi Sadeh as Ahmad
• Neda Pakdaman as the girl

The Iron Island (Persian جزیره آهنی, Dschasireh Ahani ) is an Iranian film made in 2005. Mohammad Rasoulof directed and wrote the screenplay for this ironic and grotesque drama. The main roles were played by Ali Nasirian and Hossein Farsi Sadeh.

Action

In the Persian Gulf bobs a leak somewhere stricken cargo ship off the coast of the Iranian mainland. While the captain tried to persuade the ship owner to give up the old tanker, the poorest of the poor have already taken the boat. The "Iron Island" is a microcosm: teachers teach, funerals and weddings take place, children are born. Front of an old television, the ship squatters pushing on the top deck and watch " Titanic." However, as a father of this strange society, the captain sold to and after parts of the ship. Because despite his inability to move the tanker heading for its demise.

Reviews

U.S. industry magazine Variety: "A fast-paced tale full of original characters and highly entertaining moments, an incisive allegory of Iran. "

Awards

The film was in 2005 at the Hamburg Film Festival awarded the Prize of the Hamburg Film Critics.