Hayat
2005, Persian. Directed by Gholam Reza Ramezani.
For weeks, 12-year-old Hayat (a word that means ‘life’) has been cramming for her final exam. Then the night before, her father falls ill and is rushed to hospital. Hayat is left alone to look after her infant sister. Help is at hand, but Hayat is not one to forego her responsibilities. Somehow the need to appear for her exam and look after her baby sister have to be reconciled.
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Persian
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- Released
- 17 November 2005
- Original title
- حیات
- Country
- Iran
- Written by
- Mojtaba Khoshkdaman
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Hayat runs 75 minutes (1h 15m).
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Hayat isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 17 November 2005. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like Hayat?
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Who directed Hayat?
Hayat (2005) was directed by Gholam Reza Ramezani and stars Mohammad Sa'eed Babakhanlo, Mehrdad Hassani, Ghazaleh Parsafar.