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Dast-Neveshtehaa Nemisoosand (2013)

134 min · Drama, Political Thriller

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Directors

Mohammad Rasoulof

A contract killer and his colleague search for a banned manuscript recounting a failed plot against writers traveling to a conference.

The story

Khosrow seems to live an ordinary life, but he and his colleague Morteza work as contract killers for the Iranian government. They are searching for copies of a banned manuscript recounting an incident from the 1990s, when 21 writers were traveling by bus to a conference in Armenia. Khosrow was driving that bus and had been meant to steer it into a ravine, though the attempt failed. Their orders also include destroying written records of the failed attempt and killing three writers who oppose the regime.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

Khosrow appears to lead a normal life and has everyday problems like anyone else. In reality, Khosrow and his colleague Morteza work as contract killers for the Iranian government. They are searching for copies of a banned manuscript describing an incident from the 1990s: at the time, 21 writers were on a bus heading to a conference in Armenia, and the Iranian government wanted to make sure they never got there. Khosrow was the bus driver then and was supposed to drive it into a ravine, but the attempt failed. In addition to destroying the written records of the failed assassination attempt, Khosrow and Morteza are tasked with killing three writers who oppose the regime.

Genres

Drama, Political Thriller

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