''Seven and a Half'' (
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 ...
: هفت و نیم,
romanized: Hafto-Nim) is a 2019 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 Navid Mahmoudi and produced by
Jamshid Mahmoudi
Jamshid Mahmoudi (Persian: جمشید محمودی, born 1983) is an Afghan film director, screenwriter and producer. Mahmoudi is best known for his works '' A Few Cubic Meters of Love'' (2014), '' Rona, Azim's Mother'' (2018), and ''The Lion Ski ...
. The film screened for the first time at the
24th Busan International Film Festival.
Premise
The film tells the story of the lives of seven Afghan and Iranian girls in seven episodes in a sequence of plots, and is the story of girls whose wedding is scheduled to take place on Friday night, but each of whom is involved in some way.
Cast
''Shabaneh'' Episode
*
Neda Jebraeili
Neda Jebraeili (Persian: ندا جبرائیلی; born October 7, 1990) is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her acting in ''Bending the Rules'' (2013), '' Fish & Cat'' (2013), ''Boarding Pass'' (2017), '' Drowning in Holy Water'' (202 ...
as Shabaneh
* Shadi Mokhtari as Hediyeh
* Atieh Javid as Ms. Saleh
''Negar'' Episode
* Hasti Mahdavifar as Negar
* Mohammad Reza Ghaffari as Mehrab
''Fereshteh'' Episode
*
Fereshteh Hosseini as Fereshteh
* Hossein Mehri as Behzad
* Roya Javidnia as Doctor
''Niloufar'' Episode
* Sheida Khaligh as Niloufar
* Alireza Ostadi as Niloufar's Father
''Nahid'' Episode
* Anahita Afshar as Nahid
* Alireza Kamali Nejad as Salar
''Rahil'' Episode
* Afsaneh Kamali as Rahil
* Zahra Behrouzmanesh as Somayeh
* Mahsa Hemati as Emergency Doctor
''Shekar'' Episode
* Matin Heydarinia as Saeed
* Rozhan Taghi Zadeh as Mina
References
External links
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* {{Letterboxd title, id=seven-and-a-half-2019, title=Seven and a Half (2019)
2019 films
2019 drama films
2010s Persian-language films
Iranian drama films