A Simple Event
1973, Persian. Directed by Sohrab Shahid-Saless.
The story of a ten years old Iranian schoolboy living with his mother and his father in Northern coasts of Iran. The boy helps his father in selling the latter's illegal fishing and helps his mother in shopping for her and bringing home water from a well. The three characters live together in only one room. Their life is austere. The boy eats only bread and milk every day... One day the boy's mother dies.
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Persian
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- Released
- 1 September 1973
- Original title
- یک اتفاق ساده
- Country
- Iran
- Written by
- Sohrab Shahid-Saless, Azadeh Abbasifar, Omid Roohani
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A Simple Event runs 80 minutes (1h 20m).
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A Simple Event isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 September 1973. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Simple Event?
A Simple Event (1973) was directed by Sohrab Shahid-Saless and stars Hibibollah Safarian, Mohammed Zamani, Ane Mohammad Tarikhi.