The Hidden Half (نيمه پنهان) 23 years old
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.
Credits
The Hidden Half Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Niki Karimi She was 29, now 53 years old | as Fereshteh |
| Soghra Obeisi | |
| Mohammad Nikbin | as Roozbeh Javid |
| Akbar Moazezi He was 58, now 81 years old | as Mr. Rastegar |
| Afarin Obeisi | |
| Atila Pesiani He was 43, now 67 years old | as Husband |
The Hidden Half Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Tahmineh Milani as Director. She was 40 (now 64) years old | Directing |
| Tahmineh Milani as Producer. She was 40 (now 64) years old | Production |
| Tahmineh Milani as Writer. She was 40 (now 64) years old | Writing |
| Mohammad Nikbin as Producer. | Production |
| Amir Moini as Music. | Sound |
| Mahmoud Kalari as Director of Photography. He was 50 (now 73) years old | Camera |
| Bahram Dehghani as Editor. | Editing |
| Iraj Raminfar as Production Design. | Art |
| Mehri Shirazi as Makeup Artist. | Costume & Make-Up |
| Parviz Abnar as Sound Designer. He was 43 (now 66) years old | Sound |
| Massoud Behnam as Sound mixer. | Sound |
The Hidden Half (23 years)
- Release day: Tuesday, February 06, 2001
- Runtime: 103 minutes