Midday Adventures () is a 2017 Iranian drama film directed by Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian and written by Mahdavian and Ebrahim Amini. The film centers on the MKO assassinations in 1982 and the events after the dismissal of Abolhassan Banisadr. It screened for the first time at the 35th Fajr Film Festival and was released on March 15, 2017 in Iran.
The film won both Best Film and Audience Choice of Best Film, making it one of only five films in the history of cinema of Iran to win the latter. (the other four are The Glass Agency, Low Heights, In Amethyst Color and Crazy Rook).
Plot
After the dismissal of president Bani-Sadr by the Iranian parliament, tensions became high. Terrorist groups began to assassinate Iranian officials. The Iranian government and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attempted to arrest these terrorists. A young IRGC member and a woman of the terrorist groups are known each other. They were classmate in college.
Cast
Mehrdad Sedighian
Ahmad Mehranfar
Hadi Hejazifar
Javad Ezzati
Mahdi Zaminpardaz
Mahya Dehghani
Kian Rostami
Linda Kiani
Hossein Mehri
Mehdi Pakdel
Amirhossein Hashemi
Awards
Crystal Simorgh for Best Film
Crystal Simorgh for Audience Choice of Best Film
Crystal Simorgh for Best Costume and Production Design
Crystal Simorg for Best National Film
Sequel
Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood is the sequel. It screened for the first time on January 30, 2019 at the 37th Fajr Film Festival and was released on September 25, 2019 in Iran.