Story
Captain Kohrshid is a seaman. Although he has only one hand, he still manages to steer his little boat. One day, because of the region’s hot climate and the harsh conditions, prisoners are exiled to Kohrshid’s village. And they want to escape this inhospitable place as quickly as possible. Via a go-between, they suggest to Kohrshid that they pay him to take them abroad. After initial doubts, the captain agrees – and a murderous wave of violence begins that then cannot be stopped and even sucks him in out at sea. The film is an adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s To Have and Have Not and was celebrated on release as a milestone in Iranian cinema.
Director
Nasser Taghvai (*1941) is above all known for his literary adaptations and the dense atmosphere of his depiction of Southern Iran. Captain Kohrshid won the Bronze Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival in 1988.Info
Nakhoda Khorshid
Fiction Feature
Persian
Iran Deluxe//FF2013
Iran
1987
117 min
OV with English subtitles
Naser Taghvai
Nasser Taghvai
Dariush Arjmand, Ali Nassirian, Saeed Poursamimi, Parvaneh Massoumi, Fathali Oveisi
Mohamad Ali Soltanzadeh
Mehrdad Fakhimi
Naser Taghvai
Fereydoun Naseri
Shahindokht Behzadi
Pakhshiran, The Peiman Film Group