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A Dragon Arrives!

A Dragon Arrives!

20166.01h 47m

Overview

On Jan. 22, 1965, the day before the Iranian prime minister is assassinated, a car drives up to a shipwreck. Inside the wreck, a banished political prisoner has hung himself and the walls are covered in diary entries, literary quotes, and strange symbols. Fifty years later, the evidence, including intelligence tape recordings, is found in a box. The contents attest to the fact that the inspector and his colleagues were arrested, but why?

Directed by Mani Haghighi
Written by Mani Haghighi
Produced by Mani Haghighi
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Top Cast

Amir Jadidi

Amir Jadidi

Babak Hafizi

Ehsan Goodarzi

Ehsan Goodarzi

Keyvan Haddad / Sound engineer

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Homayoun Ghanizadeh

Behnam Shokoohi / Geologist

Nader Fallah

Nader Fallah

Almas

Ali Bagheri

Ali Bagheri

Javad Charaki

Kiana Tajammol

Kiana Tajammol

Shahrzad Besharat (young)

Mani Haghighi

Mani Haghighi

Himself

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Kamran Safamanesh

Saeed Jahangiri

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Javad Ansari

Darshan

S

Shahin Karimi

Shahrzad Besharat (old)

Themes & Keywords

suicideinvestigationiran

About A Dragon Arrives!

A Dragon Arrives! is a drama, mystery, horror film released in 2016 exploring themes of suicide, investigation, iran. Directed by Mani Haghighi, it stars Amir Jadidi, Ehsan Goodarzi, Homayoun Ghanizadeh. On Jan. 22, 1965, the day before the Iranian prime minister is assassinated, a car drives up to a shipwreck. Inside the wreck, a banished political prisoner has hung himself and the walls are covered in diary entries, literary quotes, and strange symbols. Fifty years later, the evidence, including intelligence tape recordings, is found in a box. The contents attest to the fact that the inspector and his colleagues were arrested, but why?

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