Special Screenings

A Dragon Arrives!

1 hr. 47 min. | Drama, Mystical | Pegi 13

In 1965 detective Babak Hafizi (actor Amir Jadidi) undergoes an interrogation after the Prime Minister was assassinated in front of the Parliament. Meanwhile, in flashbacks, he investigates the suspicious suicide of an exiled political prisoner in a vast desert valley. Assisted by a hippie sound engineer and a geologist, Hafizi unravels more than one mystery throughout this journey into the world of conspiracies, paranoia and hallucination. Stylish and visually attractive, this highly original political mystery told from multiple perspectives and time periods is completely dissimilar to any other Iranian film made this year.

Mani Haghighi

Mani Haghighi

Mani Haghighi studied philosophy at McGill University, Montreal before returning to Iran to make films. His first feature, Abadan (2003) premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. His screenplay for Asghar Farhadi’s Fireworks Wednesday (2006, co-written with the director) won the Special Jury Prize at the Three Continents Festival (Nantes). His second feature film, Men at Work (2006) won the Best Screenplay Prize at the 2007 Asian Film Awards (Hong Kong) and the Best Screenplay Prize in the international section of the Fajr Film Festival (Tehran).
Languages
Persian, German
Subtitles
English, Lithuanian
Original title
Ejhdeha vared mishavad!
Produced
2016: Iran

Film information

Director
Mani Haghighi
Producers
Mahdi Davari, Mani Haghighi
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