A Dragon Arrives!

A Dragon Arrives!

Directed by Mani Haghighi

Produced by Crossfadefilms, Dark Precursor Productions

2016107 min6.0 / 10

A haunting, deliberately obscure investigation into a political prisoner's suicide and its shadowy aftermath, layered with cryptic symbols and unanswered questions.

On Jan. 22, 1965, the day before the Iranian prime minister is assassinated, a car drives up to a shipwreck. Inside the wreck, a banished political prisoner has hung himself and the walls are covered in diary entries, literary quotes, and strange symbols. Fifty years later, the evidence, including intelligence tape recordings, is found in a box. The contents attest to the fact that the inspector and his colleagues were arrested, but why?

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  • Is A Dragon Arrives! sad? Yes, very. More sad than 98% of films.

  • Is A Dragon Arrives! scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 95% of films.

  • Is A Dragon Arrives! easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does A Dragon Arrives! end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is A Dragon Arrives! violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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37/ 100

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Love22

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