Duel (2004 film)

Duel
Directed by	Ahmad Reza Darvish
Produced by	Taghi Aligholi Zadeh
Written by	Ramin Mebdy
Starring	Saeed Rad Pejman Bazeghi Parivash Nazarieh Parviz Parastui Hedieh Tehrani Anoshirvan Arjmand Kambiz Dirbaz Abolfazl Shah Karam
Music by	Madjid Entezami
Editing by	Mostafa Kherghehpoosh
Distributed by	Tamasha Cultural Institute
Release date(s)	July 6, 2004 (2004-07-06)
Running time	? minutes
Country	Iran
Language	Persian
Budget	$6 million

Duel is the most expensive movie ever made in Iranian cinema history. It was directed by Ahmad Reza Darvish, who was mostly known for films about the Iran-Iraq war. Duel was shot in roughly 11 months in various cities of Iran. The first screening was at the Fajr International Film Festival, in 2004, where it won 7 Crystal Phoenix Statues. Also, it is the first Iranian movie to use Dolby Digital sound.

Plot

Zeinal, an Iranian soldier who has been a prisoner of war for more than 20 years, returns only to see that he has been deemed a traitor. The story revolves around Zeinal and Eskanadar who both are looking for a chest containing several important documents who are looking for that chest for various reasons.