Iranian film star Peyman Moaadi[/caption]The lead male role in Oscar-winning A Separation, Peyman Moaadi has made male lead again, this time in a US-produced movie, titled Camp X-Ray.
The flick sees Moaadi playing an eight-year-long Guantanamo Bay prisoner, who forges an uncanny friendship with the female lead, played by Kristen Stewart.
Pvt. Amy Cole, Stewarts character in the film, which had originally been written for a male, has opted for the military over her suffocating small town life, only to find out she has to serve at Gitmo instead of Iraq.
The friendship leads to the privates questioning the nature of the notorious prison.
The movie has been credited for moving performances by both of the stars.
Peter Sattlers directorial debut, Camp X-Ray premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and is due for US screening on October 17.
New York-based American film distribution company IFC Films has released the first trailer for the movie.
Moaadi started his acting career in director Asghar Farhadi's About Elly (2009). Two years later, he received the Silver Bear award for Best Actor from the Berlin International Film Festival for his leading role in Farhadis A Separation. The latter flick saw him doing justice to the character of a father in a family faced with a difficult decision - to move to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent.
By Press TV
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