The Report (1977 film)

A civil servant at the Ministry of Finance, Mahmad Firuzkui, is accused of taking bribes, at the same time as his marriage is crumbling and his wife is threatening to leave him.

The film can be split into two halves. The first deals with corruption in collection of property taxes in the Shah ruled Iran's Ministry of Finance with the junior administrators demanding bribes from the public, drinking tea rather than doing productive work, with suggestions of immoral night life activity of the clerks, along with gambling dens/casinos.

The second half of the film deals with the breaking family life of the corrupt young clerk in the Ministry of Finance. He's married to an attractive, caring wife (Kurosh Afsharpanah), whom he dominates. He has a young daughter, for whom he seems to care. The wife represents as the intelligent, morally upright and domestically abused woman, a character opposite of what her husband represents, abusive, corrupt and irresponsible individuals who want to get easy money without working hard. His wife and he bicker about money continually. An order of eviction is served on him, and his response is, "The law says that they can't evict us for at least two years." No sense that he might actually pay the rent.

The movie also reflects in a pub scene conversation among regular folks about the importance of being honest and being respected for money earned honestly.

• Kurosh Afsharpanah as Mahmad Firuzkui
• Shohreh Aghdashloo as Azam Firuzkui
• Mostafa Tari as Mr. Asadi

• List of Iranian films

• The Report at IMDb