A Man of Integrity | Lerd | UN-HOMME-INTEGRE (2017)

Synopsis

Reza, living 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 its land is ready to do anything to force it to sell.

A former university professor now living as a goldfish farmer in a Northern Iranian village, Reza quietly tends to his own affairs alongside his wife Hadis, a principal at a local girls' school, and their young son.



After his river-sourced water supply is cut off, Reza's goldfish begin dying. His attempt to reopen his sluice is met with a violent attack by thuggish local Abbas, a strongman for a shadowy organization known as simply "the company."

Reza refuses to compensate Abbas for a fake injury, or bribe his way out of mounting legal problems, but he quickly discovers the steep price to be paid for holding on to principles in a system where money trumps morality. —Anonymous

Cast: Nasim Adabi, Reza Akhlaghirad, Soudabeh Beizaee, Sepehr Ebadi, Mehdi Mehraban,
Majid Potki, Zeinab Shabani, Zhila Shahi, Bagher Yekta, Missagh Zareh

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Country: Iran
Language: Farsi
Color: Color
Runtime: 120 min.