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Free movie: Focus on Mohammad Rasoulof, "Iron Island" (2005) .

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A stranded oil tanker off the coast of Iran is home to many people. Captain Nemat (Ali Nasirian) controls the fortunes of the small community. Sometimes friendly, helpful and understanding, but when necessary also with merciless harshness.
This ingenious basic idea of ​​Mohammad Rasoulof's film can certainly be understood as a political parable for an Arab country (perhaps Iran?): the residents live on and from the wreck by dismantling it and selling the parts on shore and in the tanker itself it oil. There is only strictly controlled access to the outside world via a rusty elevator. Marriages are concluded after the fathers' agreement. Young Ahmad (Hossein Farzi-Zadeh) tries to do it on his own and is punished terribly. Everyone looks on in silence. The girl (Neda Pakdaman) is locked up with a face mask by her father until she gets married. He says ‘She is my daughter. If I want, I'll kill them.' The ship is to be evacuated, the residents throw their shoes. When watching foreign television, the device is thrown into the sea.
The friendly dictator lures his 'people' on a pilgrimage and shows them the new land he has bought for them. They will build a new city in the desert. The story is told so impersonally that it is impossible to identify with any of the characters. They serve as illustrative objects only.
Everyone can make their own sense of this description. Many symbolic clues provide safe guidance: at the beginning a candle is lit and illuminates the way. The girl looks at the sea through a barred window. The ID cards are collected. Only Nemat negotiates with the authorities. An old man keeps looking into the distance and the youth (a little boy) tunes his feet. The rest of the community ends up sitting in the desert waiting...
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