

A Whale in the Bowl
2016, Persian. Directed by Naser Ghahremani.
A documentary about Hossein Monzavi (Persian: حسين منزوی) (23 September 1946 in Zanjan, Iran – 5 May 2004 in Tehran). Monzavi was a prominent Iranian poet, essayist, and translator who had great effects on Iranian literary mutating. Monzavi's reputation is in composing poems and his lyric poems are primarily in Persian, but he also has contributed to the Azerbaijani language.
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Persian
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- Released
- 1 September 2016
- Original title
- نهنگی در تنگ
- Country
- Iran
- Written by
- Alireza Soltani
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A Whale in the Bowl runs 82 minutes (1h 22m).
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A Whale in the Bowl isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 September 2016. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Whale in the Bowl?
A Whale in the Bowl (2016) was directed by Naser Ghahremani and stars Shaghayegh Farahani, Hossein Monzavi, Mohammadali Bahmani.