Mohammad Rasolouf ( محمد رسول اف ) is a multi-award-winning independant filmmaker, born in 1972 in Shiraz, Iran. He has a degree in Sociology from Shiraz University and film editing at Sooreh Higher Education Institute in Tehran. His most critically acclaimed film is Goodbye (2011) which won the Un Certain Regard - Directing Prize from the Cannes Film Festival. Mohammad Rasoulof is also known for The Twilight (Gagooman) (2002) winning a Crystal Simorgh & the documentary Head Wind (Baad-e-daboor)
... (2008). Mohammad Rasoulof was arrested for filming without a permit in 2010 and was released on bail. None of his films has been released in Iran.Mohammad Rasoulof has been a Director in some movies:
The Twilight is about that Alireza Shalikaran is serving time in prison for theft. He is a troublesome figure, trying as he does to escape from the prison and committing acts of violence. A handful he may be, but he finds a caring figure in the prison warden. The warden puts forward the case that Alireza might settle down when he finds a wife. Yet how is Alireza to find a wife when he is enclosed within the prison walls? The task of finding a marriage partner falls to Alireza's mother, who is also in prison. She comes across a young woman, who, though incarcerated for drug-related offences, is respectable. Will the match work? An interesting look at the limits of prison life. In this film Mohammad Rasoulof collaborates with Houshang Nourollahi, Hossein Mahdavi, Mohammad Habibi, Reza Jalali, Mitra Karagah, Sohrab Mohammadi, Fatemeh Bijan, Zalkla Bijan, Ali Reza Mahdaviyan, Ali Reza Shalikaran.
Iron Island is about that Some poor people in the Southern coasts of Iran do not have any place to live, and thus, they reside on an old, abandoned ship in the sea. Captain Nemat, their chief, tries to persuade the ship-owner and the official authorities not to get the ship back. On the other hand, he is selling the iron parts of the ship piece by piece. 'Iron Island' is the story of those whose ignorance makes them simply trust those who are always ready to abuse their trust. In this film Mohammad Rasoulof collaborates with Ali Nasirian, Reza Radmanesh, Abolhassan Davoodi, Mohammad Reza Aligholi, Reza Jalali, Bahram Dehghan, Mohammad Mokhtari, Mohammad Mosavinejad.
Goodbye is about that Noora, a recently disbarred human rights lawyer is forced to separate from her husband and is exiled to the dessert of southern Iran as a result of her activities as a political journalist. She is desperate to flee the country, she shows how her complex scheme will allow her to get out of Iran once and for all. This includes personal experiences from director Mohammad Rasoulof in the winter of 2010/11. In this film Mohammad Rasoulof collaborates with Shahab Hosseini, Omid Roohani, Roya Teymourian, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaee, Sima Tirandaz, Hassan Pourshirazi, Hossein Mahdavi, Asha Mehrabi, Behnam Tashakkor, Fariba Jedikar, Leila Zareh, Mohammadreza Mouyini, Bahar Katoozi, Rozita Hendijanian, Issac Solemon, Arastoo Givi, Dariush Ebadi, Seyyed Javad Yahyavi, Saeed Assadi.
Manuscripts Don't Burn is about that The film follows workaday thugs Khosrow and Morteza as they attempt to retrieve copies of an allegedly seditious manuscript detailing (among other things) an attempt to kill a group of writers by driving their bus off a cliff – something that apparently really happened in the mid-90s. The manuscript implicates a former dissident turned self-serving state executioner, and it is at his bidding that the gruelling acts of violence are carried out. Eschewing the creative subtleties demanded of state-approved Iranian cinema, Rasoulof’s grim thriller goes straight for the jugular, both literally and metaphorically. The results are challenging and alarming; the film-making brave and defiant.
The White Meadows is about that Once again, Rahmat is sent by his job to travel to different islands, something he has been doing for many years. They ask for him to collect the tears of the inhabitants of these islands. Although, these inhabitants have been giving their tears to Rahmat for many years, no one really knows what he is doing with them. In this film Mohammad Rasoulof collaborates with Hassan Pourshirazi, Jafar Panahi, Younes Ghazali, Mohammad Rabbani, Omid Zare, Mohammad Shirvani, Mohammad Reza Darvishi, Mohammad Mokhtari, Ebrahim Ghafouri, Amir Hossein Ghasemii, Mohammad Rabbanipor, Shahram Karimi.
A Man of Integrity is about that Reza, living in the wilderness with his wife and son, lives a retired life and devotes himself to freshwater fish farming. A private company that has targets on its land is ready to do anything to force it to sell. In this film Mohammad Rasoulof collaborates with Nasim Adabi, Mohammad Mokhtari, Ashkan Ashkani, Peyman Yazdanian, Meysam Mouini, Alireza Alavian, Majid Potki, Zhila Shahi, Misagh Zare, Mahmoud Dehghani, Mohammadreza Mouyini, Soudabeh Beyzaei, Reza Akhlaghirad, Zeinab Shabani, Mehdi Mehraban, Sepehr Ebadi, Bagher Yekta, Saeed Assadi.
Mohammad Rasoulof has been a Writer in some movies:
Son - Mother is about that Leila does not really have a choice. Ever since her husband died, she had to take care of her 12-year-old son Amir and his little sister on her own, and provide a regular income without support. In addition, the Iranian economy, her free spirit, and the daily gossip could make her loose her factory job at any time. When the lovable, widowed bus driver Kazem proposes to her, she and her son are faced with making a serious decision – because this new marriage is tied to an impossible condition. Director and women’s rights activist Mahnaz Mohammadi continues on her chosen path. In this breathless drama, based on a screenplay by dissident critic and filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, she offers two perspectives of a heart-breaking tragedy set in a religious-patriarchal society, which not only silences women. In this film Mohammad Rasoulof collaborates with Maryam Boubani, Ashkan Ashkani, Mehrdad Mirkiani, Siamak Kari Nezhad, Hassan Shabankareh, Mohammadreza Mouyini, Reza Behboodi, Mahan Nasiri, Mahnaz Mohammadi, Ensieh Maleki, Kaveh Farnam, Shiva Orduii, Raha Khodayari, Farzad Pak.
Other films are:
There Is No Devil, Gesher, The Green Fire, The Seed of the Sacred Fig
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