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A Dragon Arrives!

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On Jan. 22, 1965, the day before the Iranian prime minister is assassinated, a car drives up to a shipwreck. Inside the wreck, a banished political prisoner has hung himself and the walls are covered in diary entries, literary quotes, and strange symbols. Fifty years later, the evidence, including intelligence tape recordings, is found in a box. The contents attest to the fact that the inspector and his colleagues were arrested, but why?

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas 4:3 12/15/2017
... further evidence that Iran is one of the leading national cinemas when it comes to understanding the subtle mechanics of experimenting with film genre. Go to Full Review Eddie Falvey One Room With A View 04/12/2019
4/5
Mani Haghighi interweaves various narratives and timelines to blend history, allegory, and magical realism into a spellbinding film... Go to Full Review Leilani Polk The Stranger (Seattle, WA) 12/28/2017
One part cleverly done mockumentary, one part supernatural mystery dosed in light political intrigue, and the result is just as noteworthy for its truly epic landscape shots as it is for the compelling manner in which the story unfolds. Go to Full Review Robert Horton Seattle Weekly 08/09/2017
The sheer unpredictability is fun to watch and its musical soundtrack glorious to hear Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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06/02/2017 in my opinion that is one of the best movie in the world See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Mani Haghighi

Director

Amir Jadidi

Babak Hafizi

Ehsan Goodarzi

Keyvan Haddad

Homayoun Ghanizadeh

Behnam Shokoohi

Nader Fallah

Actor

Ali Bagheri

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Movie Info

Synopsis On Jan. 22, 1965, the day before the Iranian prime minister is assassinated, a car drives up to a shipwreck. Inside the wreck, a banished political prisoner has hung himself and the walls are covered in diary entries, literary quotes, and strange symbols. Fifty years later, the evidence, including intelligence tape recordings, is found in a box. The contents attest to the fact that the inspector and his colleagues were arrested, but why?
Director
Mani Haghighi
Producer
Mani Haghighi
Screenwriter
Mani Haghighi
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Persian
Runtime
1h 47m