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Law of Tehran

2019 · 134 min

A relentless, gritty procedural that traps you in a high-stakes manhunt, with mounting tension and moral ambiguity.

Directed by
Saeed Roustaee
Genres
Action, Crime, Drama
Starring
Payman Maadi, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Parinaz Izadyar
Tagline
Who are trafficking all these drugs for 6.5 million addicts?
Overview
Samad is nobody’s fool. The narcotics officer has seen his share of a drug dealer’s lies and games, and his patience has come to run thin. While searching for the infamous drug baron Nasser Khakzad, he and his colleague Hamid scour the streets of Tehran, turning an overcrowded prison on its head. With his rough and dubious approach, Samad finally manages to find the criminal’s whereabouts – but things do not quite go according to plan...

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Directed by
Saeed Roustaee
Genres
Action, Crime, Drama
Starring
Payman Maadi, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Parinaz Izadyar
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • corruption
  • obsession
  • power
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • prison
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Action6
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension9
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
action, crime, drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Music
Peyman Yazdanian
Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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