The Warden (2019 Film)
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''The Warden'' () is a 2019 Iranian mystery
drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed and written by
Nima Javidi Nima Javidi ( Persian: نیما جاویدی, born 29 February 1980) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his films ''Melbourne'' (2014) and '' The Warden'' (2019). His first feature ''Melbourne'' (2014) which was th ...
. It stars Navid Mohammadzadeh and
Parinaz Izadyar Parinaz Izadyar (; born August 30, 1985) is an Iranian actress. She is mostly known for her willingness to play dramatic roles, making her one of the most acclaimed actresses of her generation. Izadyar has received various accolades, including a C ...
. Set in 1967 in Iran, Mohammadzadeh plays Major Nemat Jahed, the warden of a prison, who is being evacuated for expansion whilst one of the prisoners is missing. This film was screened for the first time in the
37th Fajr Film Festival The 37th Fajr Film Festival () was held from 1 to 11 February 2019 in Tehran, Iran. The nominees for the 37th Fajr Film Festival were announced on February 10, 2019, at the press conference. Winners and nominees Main Competition Fir ...
, and by being nominated in 8 categories of this festival, Crystal Simorgh has been awarded a special prize by the jury. Massoud Farasati in his television show Seven considered this film as the best work of the festival.


Plot

In 1967, an old prison in the south is to be evacuated due to its proximity to the city's developing airport. Major Nemat Jahed, the prison warden, has the inmates transferred to another facility while the major himself and his men are scheduled to leave the prison by evening. Colonel Modaber, who is superior to Jahed, visits him in prison and announces that Jahed has been promoted and is going to be his own successor. Jahed, happy to hear the news, receives a phone call informing him that one of the prisoners, Ahmed, nicknamed the Indian, was not with the other prisoners. Subsequent investigations assure Jahed that Ahmed is still in prison and hiding somewhere. At the same time Susan Karimi, who works for the social service assisting the prisoners, comes to see Jahed and tells him that Ahmed's sentence has been changed suspiciously from imprisonment to death. Jahed, who sees his promotion in jeopardy, searches the entire prison with his troops to find the prisoner. In addition he is falling in love with Susan but feels pressured by everyone: the workers, already there to demolish the prison, Ahmed's wife, who wants her husband to live, Susan, who believes in Ahmed's innocence and has clearly tried to help him, and himself, knowing that an escape in his prison would ruin his life, something he is determined to avoid by doing everything in his power to make Ahmed reappear.


Cast


Soundtrack

The film's score is composed by Ramin Kousha, who is also the pianist. It was released on July 5, 2019. # Last Day in Jail # Countdown # Time to Leave This Place # Ultimatum # Pieces from the Whole # Looking Everywhere for Him # Gas Attack # Aftermath # Losing Consciousness # Dead End # We Know Everything Now # Suspicion # Light & Darkness # Circles # One More Time # Free Him


Release

The Warden was screened for the first time, on Friday, February 1, 2019, in the Simorgh Soda section of the 37th Fajr International Film Festival, and was released in cinemas across the country on June 5, 2019. The Warden is now the fourth best-selling non-comedy film in the history of Iranian cinema.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Warden, The (2019 film) 2019 thriller films 2019 films Crystal Simorgh for Audience Choice of Best Film winners Iranian drama films 2010s Persian-language films Films about prison escapes 2010s mystery films 2010s prison drama films Films about capital punishment 2010s historical romance films Films directed by Nima Javidi