A Minor Leap Down
{{Infobox film
| image = Aminorleapdownposter.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Hamed Rajabi
| writer = Hamed Rajabi
| producer = Majid Barzegar
Saeed Armand
Etienne de Ricaud
Nader T. Homayoun
| starring = {{plainlist|
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| cinematography = Majid Gorjiyan
| editing = Esmail Monsef
| released = {{Film date|2015|02|05|Berlinale|2015|03|18|Iran}}
| runtime = 88 minutes
| country = Iran
France
| language = Persian
}}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.{{Cite web |title=RainyPictures {{!}} A Minor leap down (Iran – France) |url=http://rainypictures.com/a-minor-leap-down-paridan-az-ertefae-kam/ |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=rainypictures.com}} It had its world premiere at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2015.{{Cite web |last=Tsui |first=Clarence |date=2015-02-13 |title='A Minor Leap Down' ('Paridan Az Ertefa Kam'): Berlin Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/a-minor-leap-down-paridan-772563/ |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
The film was released on March 18, 2015, in Iran theatrically.{{Citation |title=A Minor Leap Down |url=https://mubi.com/films/a-minor-leap-down |language=en |access-date=2022-11-05}}{{Cite web |last=سینماتیکت |title=سینماتیکت - بزرگترین مرجع فروش بلیت سینما |url=https://www.cinematicket.org/ |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=سینماتیکت |language=fa}}
Premise
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
- 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{{Cite web |title=A Minor Leap Down (Paridan az ertefa kam) |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/film/283867/ |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema |language=en}}
Reception
= Accolades =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Award !Category !Recipient !Result !{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
| rowspan="2" |2015
| rowspan="2" |Berlin International Film Festival |FIPRESCI Prize (panorama) | rowspan="2" |Hamed Rajabi |{{Won}} |
| Best First Feature Award
|{{Nom}} |
References
External links
- {{IMDb title|tt4471280}}
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Category:2015 directorial debut films
Category:2010s Persian-language films
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