''A Minor Leap Down'' (
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
: پریدن از ارتفاع کم,
romanized
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: Paridan Az Ertefa-e Kam) is a 2015 Iranian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed and written by Hamed Rajabi. It had its world premiere at the
65th Berlin International Film Festival
The 65th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 February 2015, with American film director Darren Aronofsky as the President of the Jury. German film director Wim Wenders was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear. The ...
on February 2015.
The film was released on March 18, 2015, in Iran theatrically.
Premise
Nahal (
Negar Javaherian
Negar Javaherian ( fa, نگار جواهریان, born January 12, 1983) is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her acting in '' Gold and Copper'' (2010), ''Here Without Me'' (2011), ''A Cube of Sug''ar (2011) and ''The Painting Pool'' (201 ...
), 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
*
Negar Javaherian
Negar Javaherian ( fa, نگار جواهریان, born January 12, 1983) is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her acting in '' Gold and Copper'' (2010), ''Here Without Me'' (2011), ''A Cube of Sug''ar (2011) and ''The Painting Pool'' (201 ...
as Nahal
*
Rambod Javan
Rambod Javan ( fa, رامبد جوان; born on 22 December 1971 in Tehran) is an Iranian actor, director, TV host and the author of many screenplays. Rambod Javan has made and directed a locally famous TV program, Khandevane. Khandevane has so ...
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
Reception
Accolades
References
External links
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2015 directorial debut films
Persian-language films
Iranian drama films
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