''Midday Adventures'' () is a 2017

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ian

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film directed by

Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian (; born 13 May 1981) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He's best known for his films ''Standing in the Dust'' (2016), ''Midday Adventures'' (2017), ''Lottery (2018 film), Lottery'' (2018), Walnut Tree (2020 f ...

and written by Mahdavian and Ebrahim Amini. The film centers on the assassinations against government officials in 1982, as well as the events after the dismissal of

Abolhassan Banisadr Abolhassan Banisadr (; 22 March 1933 – 9 October 2021) was an Iranian politician, writer, and political dissident. He was the first president of Iran after the 1979 Iranian Revolution abolished the monarchy, serving from February 1980 until h ...

. It screened for the first time at the 35th

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and was released on March 15, 2017 in Iran. The film won both

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and Audience Choice of Best Film, making it one of only five films in the history of

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to win the latter. (the other four are '' The Glass Agency,

Low Heights ''Low Heights'' (in Persian: ارتفاع پست, transliteration: Ertefa'e Past) is a 2002 Iranian thriller film directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia and starring Hamid Farrokhnezhad, Leila Hatami, Amir Aghaei, Reza Shafiee Jam, and Gohar Kheirandish. ...

, In Amethyst Color'' and ''

Crazy Rook ''Crazy Rook'' or ''Crazy Castle'' () is a 2015 Iranian film directed by Abolhassan Davoudi and starring Tannaz Tabatabaei, Saed Soheili, Amir Jadidi, Bizhan Emkanian, Saber Abar, Nazanin Bayati and Gohar Kheirandish. The film won the Bes ...

'').

Plot

After the dismissal of president Bani-Sadr by the

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, tensions became high. Terrorist groups began to assassinate Iranian officials. The Iranian government and the

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known as the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, is a multi-service primary branch of the Iranian Armed Forces. It was officially established by Ruhollah Khomeini as a military branch in May 1979 i ...

(IRGC) attempted to arrest these terrorists. A young IRGC member and a woman of the terrorist groups are known each other. They were classmate in college.

Cast

* Mehrdad Sedighian * Ahmad Mehranfar *

Hadi Hejazifar Hadi Hejazifar (Persian: هادی حجازی‌فر; born June 21, 1976) is an Iranian actor, director and screenwriter. He gained attention and received critical acclaim for his performances in films '' Standing in the Dust'' (2016), '' Midday A ...

Javad Ezzati Mohammad Javad Ezzati (; born January 10, 1982) is an Iranian actor and director. He has received critical acclaim for his work in a wide range of genres. As of 2019, Ezzati's starring films have grossed 150 billion toman and accumulated more th ...

* Mahdi Zaminpardaz * Mahya Dehghani * Kian Rostami * Linda Kiani * Hossein Mehri * Mehdi Pakdel * Amir Hossein Hashemi as Mohammad Hossein Shadkam

Awards

Crystal Simorgh for Best Film Crystal Simorgh for Best Film is an award presented annually by the Fajr International Film Festival held in Iran. Winners and nominees Most wins and nominations Production companies Notes References {{Fajr Internat ...

Crystal Simorgh for Audience Choice of Best Film Crystal Simorgh for Audience Choice of Best Film () is an award presented annually by the Fajr International Film Festival held in Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West A ...

* Crystal Simorgh for Best Costume and Production Design * Crystal Simorg for Best National Film

Sequel

Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood is the sequel. It screened for the first time on January 30, 2019 at the

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and was released on September 25, 2019 in Iran.

References

External links

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