面對強權壓迫,人該如何抉擇?教師Reza正直不阿,因替工人爭取權益而丟了工作,唯有舉家遷徒到伊朗北部郊區,改以養金魚為業,以為生活從此平靜。怎料大財團覬覦其家園,為搶地威迫利誘無所不用其極。拒絕向不公義低頭的Reza漸漸發現,與他為敵的不只企業,還有政府、法庭,甚至鄰居⋯⋯導演自2010年起被伊朗政府下禁拍令,不惜犯禁以戲喻己,說的既是Reza也是自己的故事,成果震撼人心,一舉勇奪康城影展「一種關注」單元大獎。

The title of A Man of Integrity represents both the film and the filmmaker. Reza lives a simple life with his wife and son on a goldfish farm in the country, away from the city and its corruption and compromises. But society's moral decay has far reaches, as the righteous and uncompromising Reza finds himself at odds with a powerful corporation that will use any means – legal or extralegal – to take his land. No stranger to injustice and oppression, Mohammad Rasoulof directed this provocative, enraging film while awaiting sentencing by the Iranian government for his 2010 crime of filming without a permit.