# Duel (2004)

> A battle-scarred Iranian former prisoner of war hunts a document-filled chest while fighting the stigma of betrayal and the chaos of his country’s violent past.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/521785

## Facts

- Runtime: 133 min
- Genres: War
- Director: Ahmad Reza Darvish
- Cast: Saeed Rad, Pejman Bazeghi, Parivash Nazarieh, Kambiz Dirbaz, Anoshirvan Arjmand, Parviz Parastouei, Hedie Tehrani, Hosein Tooshe
- TMDB rating: 6.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401394/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: tense, serious, kinetic, serious movie night, international cinema discovery

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