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The Hidden Half (2001)

1h 43m

Running Time

The Hidden Half (2001)

Name: The Hidden Half
Genre: Drama
Released: 2001-02-06

1h 43m

Running Time

Plot.

An official is sent from his home in Tehran to hear the final appeal of a woman sentenced to death, a political prisoner. The official's wife of nearly 20 years, Fereshteh Samimi, writes him a letter to read when he reaches the hotel - the story of her student days during the revolution of 1978. We see the story in flashbacks as he reads: she leaves her province on scholarship, joins a Communist youth group, avoids arrest, and comes under the sway of a suave older man, Roozbeh Javid, a literary-magazine editor. As she tells her husband about the hidden half of her life, Fereshteh asks that he listen to the woman facing execution, a woman and therefore one of Iran's hidden half.

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Cast & Crew.

Niki Karimi

Fereshteh

Mohammad Nikbin

Roozbeh Javid

Atila Pesyani

Husband

Akbar Moazezi

Mr. Rastegar

Afarin Obeisi

Iraj Raminfar

Production Design

Parviz Abnar

Sound Designer

Roza Arayesh

Actress

Maryam Boubani

Actress

Mehri Shirazi

Makeup Artist

Massoud Behnam

Sound mixer

Nazanin Farahani

Actress

Amir Moini

Music

Pooneh Hajimohammadi

Zohreh

Bahram Dehghani

Editor

Maryam Kazemi

Actress

Mohammad Nikbin

Producer

Tahmine Milani

Director / Producer / Writer

Mahmoud Kalari

Director of Photography

Media.

Details.

Release Date
February 6, 2001

Original Name
نيمه پنهان

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 43m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-26

This Movie Is About.

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Wiki.

The Hidden Half (Nimeh-ye Penhan; نيمه پنهان) is a 2001 drama film, written and directed by Iranian feminist Tahmineh Milani. The controversial film stars Niki Karimi, Mohammad Nikbin and Atila Pesyani. The story is told as a manuscript of Fereshteh Samimi's (Niki Karimi) life, revealing her politically active and romantic past life, to her husband (Mohammad Nikbin).

The Hidden Half won the award for Best Screenplay in the Asia Pacific Film Festival in 2002. In 2001, the movie was nominated for the Golden Pyramid award from the Cairo International Film Festival, and won the award for Best Artistic Contribution, as well as being nominated for the PFS award from the Political Film Society in 2002.