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The Charcoal

2019 · 90 min

A quiet, heavy portrait of rural hardship and a father's unraveling, told with patient realism and a lingering sense of loss.

Directed by
Esmaeel Monsef
Genres
Drama
Starring
Hadi Eftekharzadeh, Farid Adhami, Zhila Shahi
Tagline
A man's struggle with life
Overview
In rural northwest Iran, Gheirat, a modest charcoal producer, is pushed into a tragic spiral after his son, sentenced to jail, evades to Azerbaijan.

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Directed by
Esmaeel Monsef
Genres
Drama
Starring
Hadi Eftekharzadeh, Farid Adhami, Zhila Shahi
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • survival
  • isolation
  • guilt
  • justice
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
Esmaeel Monsef
Starring
Hadi Eftekharzadeh, Farid Adhami, Zhila Shahi, Yousef Yazdani, Touran Ghorbani, Yousef Javid, Amin Hajiakbari Dizaji
Runtime
90 min
Country
France, Iran
Languages
Azerbaijani

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