A Man of Integrity(HKAFF 2019)

The title of A Man of Integrity represents both the film and the filmmaker. No stranger to injustice and oppression, Mohammad Rasoulof directed this provocative, enraging film while awaiting sentencing by the Iranian government for his 2010 crime of filming without a permit. Reza (Reza Akhlaghirad) lives a simple life with his wife and son on a goldfish farm in the country, away from the city and its corruption and compromises. But society’s moral decay spreads far and wide, as the righteous and uncompromising Reza finds himself at odds with a powerful corporation that will use any means – legal or extralegal – to take his land. Winner of First Prize in the Un Certain Regard competition at the Cannes Film Festival.