A Minor Leap Down

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A Minor Leap Down
Film poster
Directed byHamed Rajabi
Written byHamed Rajabi
Produced byMajid Barzegar
Saeed Armand
Etienne de Ricaud
Nader T. Homayoun
Starring
CinematographyMajid Gorjiyan
Edited byEsmail Monsef
Release dates
  • March 18, 2015 (2015-03-18) (Iran)
Running time
88 minutes
CountriesIran
France
LanguagePersian

A Minor Leap Down (Persian: پریدن از ارتفاع کم, romanized: Paridan Az Ertefa-e Kam) is a 2015 Iranian drama film directed and written by Hamed Rajabi.[1] It had its world premiere at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2015.[2]

The film was released on March 18, 2015, in Iran theatrically.[3][4]

Premise[edit]

Nahal (Negar Javaherian), who is four months pregnant, suddenly realizes that the fetus has died in her belly. she keeps silent and decides not to tell anyone about this incident.

Cast[edit]

  • Negar Javaherian as Nahal
  • Rambod Javan as Babak
  • Mehri Al Agha as Nahal's mother
  • Mahmoud Behrouzian as Nahal's father
  • Sadaf Ahmadi as Negar
  • Shafagh Shokri as Nahal's sister[5]

Reception[edit]

Accolades[edit]

Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2015 Berlin International Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize (panorama) Hamed Rajabi Won [6]
Best First Feature Award Nominated

References[edit]

  1. ^ "RainyPictures | A Minor leap down (Iran – France)". rainypictures.com. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  2. ^ Tsui, Clarence (2015-02-13). "'A Minor Leap Down' ('Paridan Az Ertefa Kam'): Berlin Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  3. ^ A Minor Leap Down, retrieved 2022-11-05
  4. ^ سینماتیکت. "سینماتیکت - بزرگترین مرجع فروش بلیت سینما". سینماتیکت (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  5. ^ "A Minor Leap Down (Paridan az ertefa kam)". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  6. ^ "Prizes & Honours 2015". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2022-11-05.

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