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Manuscripts Don't Burn

Original title: Dast-neveshtehaa nemisoosand
2013 · 2 h 5 min
Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof · Iran · Iranian New Wave
DramaThriller

Cast

Mohammad Reza Mohammadi Reza Pourhossein

Credits

Written by: Mohammad Rasoulof
Cinematography: Ashkan Ashkani
Produced by: Rozita Hendijanian Mohammad Rasoulof

Plot

Two hitmen working for the intelligence services are ordered to destroy the manuscripts of writers who criticise the regime.

Sinekatalog’s take

Mohammad Rasoulof's thriller follows two hitmen for Iran's intelligence services ordered to destroy writers' manuscripts. Tense, bleak and chilling, made in secret, it is a bold, angry film about censorship and state terror.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (1,437 votes)
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