Synopsis
Reza, residing in the wilderness with his wife and son, lives a retired life and devotes himself to freshwater fish farming. A private company that has targets on his land is ready to do anything to force him to sell.
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Cast
- Reza AkhlaghiradReza
- Soudabeh BayzaiHadis
- Nasim AdabiZiba's mother
- Misagh ZareHadis's brother
- Zeinab ShabaniTara
- Zhila ShahiTaxi Driver
- Majid PotkiSchool Principal
- Mehdi Mehraban
- Sepehr Ebadi
- Bagher Yekta
Recommendations
- 90
The New Yorker
A Man of Integrity is both a work of political defiance and of artistic audacity. The movie’s extreme contrast between the bland surfaces of daily life and the maddening pressures of ambient power looming beneath them turns its starkly realistic images into calmly furious denunciations, journalistic revelations, and even wildly disorienting hallucinations. - 90
TheWrap
Lest you think this is all a bit much for one family to endure, Rasoulof’s storytelling acumen is firmly in the realm of propulsive, detail-driven ethical thriller built on its character’s actions, rather than mere punching-bag melodrama. And it goes somewhere, most importantly, with its ideas, leaving you after its final, devastating image with something to think about instead of simply abandoned with your rage or pity. - 80
Variety
A Man of Integrity is a tense, enraging drama about corruption and injustice, set in a small village. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
An uncompromising drama from one of Iran’s most outspoken directors. - 75
Movie Nation
Through it all, Akhlaghirad makes a fine, seething muse for Rasoulof, a character who never quite gave up his student protestor past now speaking for a filmmaker who plainly never outgrew his, either. - 75
The Playlist
Rasoulof’s film, while understandably angry, is nothing if not singleminded . It’s a saturnine morality tale that unfolds in shades of rainy gray beneath leaden, overcast skies, gritting up the nation’s cinematic tradition of humanist drama to an almost unrecognizable degree. - 75
RogerEbert.com
Rasoulof’s story proceeds with the deliberate pace and simmering tension of a ‘70s political thriller. - 70
Screen Daily
A few mid-section pacing issues not withstanding, this is a satisfyingly gritty addition to Iran’s tradition of humanist cinema.
