Iron Island (2006)
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Reviews Counted: 29 Fresh: 28 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.4/10
Rated: Not Rated
Runtime: 90 mins
Runtime: 90 mins
Theatrical Release: Mar 31, 2006 Limited
Synopsis:
The titular “Iron Island” is a huge rusting tanker off the Iranian coast in which dozens of homeless families have found shelter and formed a community. The head of the ship, Captain Nemat tries to balance finding jobs, oil, food and even husbands for the poor and struggling families. He... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Ali Nassirian, Hossein Farzi-Zadeh, Neda Pakdaman, Didar Razeghi, Mehdi Bedeleh
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof
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Reviews
This resonant fable proves again that art flourishes in unlikely places, under the most restrictive conditions.
02/22/07 07:33 AM
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11/11/06 07:08 AM
Like the great Iranian filmmakers, Rasoulof has no use for the artificiality of heightened drama. He opts, instead, for a more universal humanism, which is a better teaching tool.
08/25/06 10:07 PM
Top Critic A galloping fable full of offbeat characters and entertaining moments.
07/21/06 06:39 PM
Top Critic A captivating socio-political allegory with the air of satire as well as fable, Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's Iron Island has an Orwellian sting.
07/21/06 06:28 PM
But behind the utopian fairy tale is the genial authoritarianism... Ambivalence has rarely been made so lyrical and lovely.
07/20/06 05:52 PM
Conflicts, contrasts and apparent paradoxes lap away under the surface, beautifully shot by cinematographer Reza Jallali . . . Iron Island has an eerie, elemental beauty.
07/13/06 12:21 PM
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07/08/06 04:25 AM
This is a potent social allegory from Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, told with humor and a feeling of mystery.
06/30/06 03:16 PM
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Top Critic The graceful film by Mohammad Rasoulof balances the residents' humdrum daily lives with magical, dreamlike moments that provide hope where hope often has no place.
05/26/06 05:28 PM
'Iron Island' provides no comforting answers, choosing instead to remain ambiguous...
05/23/06 10:24 AM
Iran's recent growlings under its new president make such a film as Iron Island all the more remarkable.
04/21/06 01:56 PM
Top Critic There is a whole teeming city on this derelict boat, and watching everyone doing their jobs (many of which involve taking the ship apart and selling the pieces as scrap metal) is quite involving.
04/20/06 05:12 PM
Top Critic A thrilling example of the cunning political allegory woven into vivid concretism that invigorates contemporary Iranian cinema.
04/20/06 10:52 AM
Top Critic This is what cinema is about. Taking the viewer into a completely alien world and trying to make some sense out of it.
04/06/06 12:28 PM
Despite technical and story deficiencies, this is a film that's as well intentioned as its complex central figure.
04/05/06 11:45 AM
Mohammad Rasoulof's heartfelt and darkly comic second feature proves beyond any doubt that Iranian film is still alive and well.
03/31/06 02:35 PM
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