The Hidden Half

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 6, 2001

Original language

Persian

Spoken languages

Persian

Countries

Iran

Cast

Mohammad Nikbin,Akbar Moazezi,Atila Pesyani,Niki Karimi,Afarin Obeisi

Director

Tahmine Milani

Writer

Tahmine Milani

Producer

Tahmine Milani,Mohammad Nikbin

Cinematography

Mahmoud Kalari

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0277925