The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse

The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 1, 2010

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Crime, Drama, Family

User Score

30%

Original Title

پنجمین سوار سرنوشت

Director

Saeed Motalebi

Description

Directed in 1980 and released in 2013. On the issue of addiction in Iran in the 1980s. Mohsen's father is going to pass away soon due to an illness, however, Mohsen himself has been missing for 6 months. A BSc medicine student, he has become a drug addict and lost himself in the slums. Setting out to help him out of his conditions, and deliver his mother's care to him, his father starts searching for him. The movie is embedded in the social conditions of the 70s AD Iran, has a 70s Iranian chivalric tincture, religious color-as was the climate of the Iranian society at the time- and is blended with historic state propaganda. For the audience of that time, this movie would have received a fair score, as it touches on religious notions. However, the issue it addresses is far more complicated and sophisticated at this age, and its propaganda outlook can no longer attract significant commercial or critical attention.