The Hidden Half
2001, Persian. Directed by Tahmine Milani.
An official is sent from his home in Tehran to hear the final appeal of a woman sentenced to death, a political prisoner. The official's wife of nearly 20 years, Fereshteh Samimi, writes him a letter to read when he reaches the hotel - the story of her student days during the revolution of 1978. We see the story in flashbacks as he reads: she leaves her province on scholarship, joins a Communist youth group, avoids arrest, and comes under the sway of a suave older man, Roozbeh Javid, a literary-magazine editor. As she tells her husband about the hidden half of her life, Fereshteh asks that he listen to the woman facing execution, a woman and therefore one of Iran's hidden half.
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- 1h 43m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Persian
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- Released
- 6 February 2001
- Original title
- نيمه پنهان
- Country
- Iran
- Written by
- Tahmine Milani
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The Hidden Half runs 103 minutes (1h 43m).
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The Hidden Half isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 February 2001. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Hidden Half?
The Hidden Half (2001) was directed by Tahmine Milani and stars Niki Karimi, Mohammad Nikbin, Atila Pesyani.