A Minor Leap Down Explained

Director:	Hamed Rajabi
Producer:	Majid Barzegar Saeed Armand Etienne de Ricaud Nader T. Homayoun
Starring:	Negar Javaherian Rambod Javan
Cinematography:	Majid Gorjiyan
Editing:	Esmail Monsef
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.^[1] It had its world premiere at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2015.^[2]

The film was released on March 18, 2015, in Iran theatrically.^[3]

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^[4]

Reception

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2015	Berlin International Film Festival	FIPRESCI Prize (panorama)	Hamed Rajabi		^[5]
		Best First Feature Award

References

1. Web site: RainyPictures A Minor leap down (Iran – France) . 2022-11-05 . rainypictures.com.
2. Web site: Tsui . Clarence . 2015-02-13 . 'A Minor Leap Down' ('Paridan Az Ertefa Kam'): Berlin Review . 2022-11-05 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
3. Web site: سینماتیکت . سینماتیکت - بزرگترین مرجع فروش بلیت سینما . 2022-11-05 . سینماتیکت . fa.
4. Web site: A Minor Leap Down (Paridan az ertefa kam) . 2022-11-05 . Cineuropa - the best of european cinema . en.
5. Web site: Prizes & Honours 2015 . 2022-11-05 . www.berlinale.de . en.