The Midday Adventures (2017)
- Original title
- ماجرای نیمروز
- Directed by
- Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian
- Genre
- war film
- Country
- Iran
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 22 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A film about political assassinations targeting government officials in Iran in 1982. It also covers events following the removal of a president. The story focuses on the people involved in these historical moments.
historicalpoliticaltensegroundedseriousdramaticintense
What happens
Midday Adventures (Persian: ماجرای نیمروز, romanized: majaraye nimroz) is a 2017 Iranian drama film directed by Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian 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. It screened for the first time at the 35th Fajr Film Festival and was released on March 15, 2017 in Iran. The film won both Best Film and Audience Choice of Best Film, making it one of only five films in the history of cinema of Iran to win the latter. (the other four are The Glass Agency, Low Heights, In Amethyst Color and Crazy Rook). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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