Synopsis

The leading man in the film, Zar-Mohammad, is a native of Tangestan, a rural area in south Iran. During his youth he tries to prove that he can provide security for his family.

Whatever capital he manages to acquire he passes to a businessman in the local town to invest for him. However, with the aid of a friend, the businessman swindles Zar-Mohammad out of his money, by giving him some worthless deeds.



When Zar-Mohammad claims his money, the businessman tells him that the investment was unsuccessful and there is nothing left. Zar-Mohammad has lost all of his money and his future and dreams.

Even Zar-Mohammad's neighbors turn on him and belittle him with gossip. Zar--Mohammad, a brave and proud person, resolves to take complete revenge for all his misfortunes. This crime, which at the outset involved only a few people is turned into a massive uprising of the oppressed against the oppressors.

The film received the best actor prize at the Fifth Delhi International Film Festival in l974~ for the performance by Behruz Vosuqi, and was shown at the Tehran International Film Festival in 1977. Noted primarily for its artistic merit, and for its social and political content. Maghsoulou, Bahman.  -- Iranian Cinema, New York: New York UP, Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, 1987.

Cast: Behrouz Vosoughi, Parviz Fanizahdeh, Abbas Nazeri, Hossein Amirfazli, Enayat Bakhshi, Jaffar Vali, Mehri Vadadian, Nuri Kasraei, Reza Rakhshani, Roholla Mofeedi