A Man of Integrity

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A Man of Integrity

2022

1h 57m

Drama

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Reza, having distanced himself from the urban quagmire, leads a simple life along with his wife and young son, somewhere in a remote village in Northern Iran. He spends his days working on his goldfish farm. Nearby, a private company with close links to the government and local authorities, has taken control of nearly every aspect of regional life. Its shareholders, accumulating wealth, power and economic influence, have been pushing local farmers and small owners to sell off their belongings, farms and estates, to the benefit of the Company's influential network and its monopoly. It is under their pressure that many villagers have themselves become local links in the larger network of corruption.

Robert Abele

TheWrap

06/17/2022

Rasoulof’s storytelling acumen is firmly in the realm of propulsive, detail-driven ethical thriller built on its character’s actions, rather than mere punching-bag melodrama.

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Godfrey Cheshire

RogerEbert.com

06/17/2022

3/4

A political film seething with white-hot anger.

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Devika Girish

New York Times

06/16/2022

Every narrative twist... hammers home the same point: that it’s hard to be a good man in a bad system. Given the system Rasoulof works within (and against), however, it’s a message well worth repeating.

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Jason Flatt

But Why Tho?

01/04/2023

7.5/10

A Man of Integrity is a political and social commentary that wears it all on its sleeve.

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Mark Dujsik

Mark Reviews Movies

06/24/2022

3/4

Mohammad Rasoulof's film ... plays as a low-key thriller ... and, on a more human level, a tragedy about what fear, helplessness, and hopelessness can do to a person.

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Igor Fishman

In Review Online

06/22/2022

Ostensibly simple foundations ... are molded into something much more profound in Rasolouf’s hands; a latticework of sadness and anger, swaying in the breeze with wistful futility.

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04/23/2020

Director Mohammad Rasoulof is the big winner this year of 2020 at the Berlin Festival, this is his previous film. A very competent director, who tries to show the dirty side of Iran's government system and who is serving time in the country for this. Here we see a little bit of the dirty side that reminds us a lot of the "way" of doing things. The film sins a lot in the performances, mainly of the actress Soudabeh Beizaee, who plays the wife of the main character, but nothing that compromises the film. Lerd, the original title, in Persian is that dirt that sits at the bottom of the bottle of homemade alcoholic beverages (more common in wines), which gives some meaning to the film, since the character is a guy placed aside society in several aspects. Another point is that alcoholic beverages are prohibited in Iran, like many other things that are common to the "way" of doing things. A film that is worth watching.

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Reza, having distanced himself from the urban quagmire, leads a simple life along with his wife and young son, somewhere in a remote village in Northern Iran. He spends his days working on his goldfish farm. Nearby, a private company with close links to the government and local authorities, has taken control of nearly every aspect of regional life. Its shareholders, accumulating wealth, power and economic influence, have been pushing local farmers and small owners to sell off their belongings, farms and estates, to the benefit of the Company's influential network and its monopoly. It is under their pressure that many villagers have themselves become local links in the larger network of corruption.

Director: Mohammad Rasoulof
Producer: Mohammad Rasoulof
Screenwriter: Mohammad Rasoulof
Distributor: Big World Pictures
Production Co: The Match Factory, Europe Media Nest
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Persian
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 17, 2022, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.0K
Runtime: 1h 57m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)