BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:27052@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:A Man of Integrity DTSTAMP:20260903T204209Z DTSTART:20260913T120000Z DESCRIPTION:A principled man refuses to surrender his small farm to a power ful corporation\,\nbut his resistance draws him into a corrupt system wher e money\, influence and\nviolence dictate the rules.\n\nReza\, a former un iversity lecturer\, has withdrawn from public life and moved\nwith his wif e and young son to a remote village in northern Iran\, where he runs\na sm all goldfish farm. Hoping to live quietly and independently\, he soon\ndis covers that keeping out of local power struggles is easier said than done. \n\nA powerful corporation\, backed by corrupt local officials\, is determ ined to take\ncontrol of the land and water around his farm. When Reza ref uses to cooperate\,\nseemingly minor acts of intimidation gradually escala te into a campaign designed\nto force him out. His commitment to honesty a nd principle is put to the test.\n\nWith A Man of Integrity\, Mohammad Ras oulof delivers a tense and uncompromising\nportrait of corruption and powe r. Reza’s struggle is not simply against a\nparticular company or group of officials\, but against a society in which\ninjustice has become deeply e mbedded.\n\nThe film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 201 7 Cannes Film\nFestival\, where Rasoulof was awarded the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Film.\n\nOn 4 September\, Mohammad Rasoulof joins us at De Balie for The Aesthetics of\nTyranny\n[https://debalie.nl/programma/moham mad-rasoulof-the-aesthetics-of-tyranny-04-09-2026/]\,\na conversation abou t power\, repression and the representation of tyranny in his\nwork. In th e weeks that follow\, we present a small retrospective of Rasoulof’s\nfilm s\, offering the opportunity to discover his remarkable body of work on th e\nbig screen. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/a-man-of-integrity GEO:52.3630433;4.8828596 LOCATION:De Balie - Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10\, 1017 RR Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,cinema,festivals,film,leidseplein X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

A principled man refuses to surrend er his small farm to a powerful corporation, but his resistance draws him into a corrupt system where money, influence and violence dictate the rule s.

Reza, a former university lecturer, has withdrawn from public life and moved with his wife and young son to a remote village in n orthern Iran, where he runs a small goldfish farm. Hoping to live quietly and independently, he soon discovers that keeping out of local power strug gles is easier said than done.

A powerful corporation, backed by co rrupt local officials, is determined to take control of the land and water around his farm. When Reza refuses to cooperate, seemingly minor acts of intimidation gradually escalate into a campaign designed to force him out. His commitment to honesty and principle is put to the test.

With < em>A Man of Integrity, Mohammad Rasoulof delivers a tense and uncompr omising portrait of corruption and power. Reza’s struggle is not simply ag ainst a particular company or group of officials, but against a society in which injustice has become deeply embedded.

The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, where Ras oulof was awarded the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Film.

On 4 S eptember, Mohammad Rasoulof joins us at De Balie for The Aesthetics of Tyranny, a conversation abo ut power, repression and the representation of tyranny in his work. In the weeks that follow, we present a small retrospective of Rasoulof’s films, offering the opportunity to discover his remarkable body of work on the bi g screen.

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