''Captain Khorshid'' ( fa, ناخدا خورشید, Nakhoda Khorshid) is a 1987

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ian film written and directed by

Nasser Taghvai Nasser Taghvai ( fa, ناصر تقوایی, also romanized as Nāser Taghvā'i and Nāser Taqvāyi; born 10 July 1941) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. Biography Taghvāi was born in Abadan. After early experiences as a story writer ...

. It is based on

Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century f ...

's 1937 novel ''

To Have and Have Not ''To Have and Have Not'' is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1937 by Charles Scribner's Sons. The book follows Harry Morgan, a fishing boat captain out of Key West, Florida. ''To Have and Have Not'' was Hemingway's second novel set in th ...

'', but it moves the setting from

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to the south of Iran and the shores of the

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. All the events of the film are nationalized. It is considered one of the greatest Iranian films by critics.

Plot

Captain Khorshid is a sailor who although only having one hand, manages to sail his little boat. In his village, due to its hot climate and hard living conditions, dangerous criminals are sent into exile. They want to escape from the area, so they ask a middleman to strike a deal with Khorshid. Khorshid is asked to illegally take them out of the country with his boat. At first he is reluctant, but because of the hardships of living he accepts the job. The criminals murder one of the village's wealthiest merchants and steal the money needed for the trip. At the beginning of the journey the criminals kill the middleman, in the middle of the trip they attack Khorshid and his crewman. The crewman is killed, Khorshid faces them single-handedly. He manages to kill all the criminals, but he himself dies due to the injuries he sustained.

Comparisons with ''To Have and Have Not''

Apart from the shift of location from Cuba to Iran, the main difference lies in the fact that the female character is overshadowed in Taghvai's adaptation and has a smaller role. The

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immigrants of the novel are excluded - the four Cubans become Iranian criminals in exile, who are much more evil and uncontrolled. Harry Morgan is first pictured as a cold-blooded murderer but later we find out that he is a good man, Khorshid has our sympathy from the beginning. The ending is also different, as Khorshid dies in his boat. The most important similarity is the fact that Khorshid, as Morgan, is driven to crime by economic worries.Captain Khorshid on Magiran News
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References

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* 1987 films Iranian drama films Films directed by Nasser Taghvai Films set in Iran 1980s Persian-language films Seafaring films Films based on American novels Films based on works by Ernest Hemingway Iranian remakes of American films {{Iran-film-stub