Coal

A taut, claustrophobic moral pressure cooker where guilt and survival grind against each other in the dark.

Directed by

Saman Lotfian

Genres

Drama

Starring

Sajad Afsharian, Nasrollah Radesh, Mehdi Miami

Overview

Eesa and Mokhtar, who work at the mine, argue; Eesa pushes Mokhtar and makes him fall. Mokhtar's oxygen tank starts leaking without anyone noticing. Eesa finds methane and saves several people but Mokhtar dies from lack of oxygen in his bottle. Eesa is torn and must make a choice: lie, which would make him a hero, or confess everything and carry the burden of having killed Mokhtar.

How it feels

Tense, dark, bleak and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Guilt, morality, survival, deception

Content

Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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