Lantouri(2016)

Lantouri is the name of a gang that mugs people in broad daylight on the streets of Tehran and breaks into homes in the city’s rich northern district. The gang also kidnaps children from families who have become wealthy through corruption and embezzlement of state funds. The film begins with the confessions of individual gang members. Sociologists, human rights activists and political hardliners also have their say. Gang member Pasha runs amok because Maryam, a socially committed, self-confident journalist, does not reciprocate his feelings. The badly injured young woman demands lex talionis – the law, applicable in Iran, of ‘an eye for an eye’.

Genre: Romance, Drama

Director: Reza Dormishian

Actors: Baran Kosari, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Maryam Palizban, Reza Behbudi, Mehdi Koushki, Behnaz Jafari, Fatemeh Naghavi, Parivash Nazarieh, Nader Fallah, Ardeshir Rostami

Release date: 2016-10-15

Country of origin: Islamic Republic of Iran

Length: 1h 55m

Ratings:

• 6.4/10