Deportees 3
Former Iranian war deportees reunite when a television crew and a dying comrade force their sharply divergent postwar lives into the same room.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- broad
- sentimental
- sardonic
- iranian film night
- political satire night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The returning deportees are former war veterans whose later lives are brought together by a television program and a medical emergency.
A television show seeks interviews with old war veterans and helps trigger the reunion of the central group.
The former deportees return to civilian life with different appearances, circumstances, and outlooks.
The film connects a terminally ill veteran, his former comrades, and public interest in their wartime past through comedy.
Films like Deportees 3, and why
Deportees
ensemble comedy using veterans and postwar social tensions for broad political satire
The Glass Agency
Iranian war-themed comedy blending veterans, national memory, and comic social observation
The Front Line
postwar ensemble satire examining public identity and political spectacle through comedy
Movie Details
- Director
- Masoud Dehnamaki
- Release Date
- 2011-07-29
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rating
- 3.8 / 10 (15)
Cast
- Akbar Abdi
- Mohammadreza Sharifinia
- Amin Hayaei
- Leila Otadi
- Behnoush Bakhtiari
- Seyed Javad Hashemi
- Reza Rouygari
Common questions
- What is Deportees 3 about?
- Former Iranian war deportees reunite when a television crew and a dying comrade force their sharply divergent postwar lives into the same room.
- What is Deportees 3 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Deportees 3 as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Deportees 3 violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Deportees 3 as mild.
- Which films are like Deportees 3?
- Films with a similar feel include Deportees, The Glass Agency, and The Front Line.
- How long is Deportees 3?
- Deportees 3 runs 113 minutes.
