The Immigrant

The Immigrant is a 1990 Iranian film by the director Ebrahim Hatamikia. The movie is set in the Mesopotamian Marshes during the Iran–Iraq War, and is a fictional look at the deployment of the early generation of Qods Mohajer drone fighters on the battlefield. The movie was a critical success upon its release in 1990, and won the Crystal Simorgh award for best film. Today, The Immigrant is seen as a milestone in the development of the Iranian film genre known as Sacred Defense cinema, which depicts the Iran–Iraq War's impact on Iran.