The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
Squatters live on a mothballed oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The children attend a school on board; men harvest scrap metal and old oil in the hull; women keep house and raise children and Captain Nemat runs it all with an iron hand. We follow a lad who rescues fish trapped in the hull, an old man who stares at the sun, the idealistic teacher, and Ahmad, the Captain's assistant who has fallen in love with a young woman whose father wants to marry her to someone of means. What future has this sinking city?
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Metacritic74/100
23 audience votes
Key crew
- Mohammad RasoulofDirector
- Mohammadreza AligholiOriginal Music Composer
- Mohammad RasoulofScreenplay
Cast
- Ali NasirianCaptain Nemat
- Hossein Farzi-ZadehAhmad
- Neda PakdamanGolpar Salehi
Stills
Themes
persiaoil tanker