Muhammad: The Messenger of God | Mohammad Rasoolollah (2015)

Synopsis

The film is set in the sixth century where the story revolves around the childhood of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

In the beginning of the film, a message appears that states the film encompasses historical facts as well as free personal impressions about Muhammad. Accordingly, some of the film's events did not actually take place in real life, but are indeed similar to events in Muhammad's biography.

Majidi stated that the objective behind presenting these scenes is to show that the whole existence could feel Muhammad's presence as well as his mercy.



The story ends with Muhammad's journey to Syria and encounter with Bahira. Addressing the controversies associated with the film, Majidi said, "The film contains no controversies and no differences between the Shia and the Sunni points of view."

Cast: Mahdi Pakdel, Alireza Shoja Nouri, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Sareh Bayat, Alireza jalili, Mina Sadati, Rana Azadivar, Hedayat Hashemi, Sadegh Hatefi, Negar Abedi, Hamidreza Tajdolat, Mohammad Asgari, Mohammad Yaromtaghloo, Pantea Mehdinia, Jafar Ghasemi, Arash Falahat Pisheh, Ali Asghar Khatibzadeh, Nasrin Nosrati, Rastin Soleimani


The film was set to have its premiere at the Fajr International Film Festival on 1 February 2015 but was pulled out due to technical difficulties. For the critics, film-makers and journalists, a special screening was held at Cinema Farhang in Iran on 12 February 2015.

The film was released both in Iran and at Montreal World Film Festival on 27 August 2015. The film was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.

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Country: Iran
Language: Farsi | Aramaic | Arabic
Color: Color
Runtime: 178 min.