Director: Navid Mahmoudi
Cast: Neda Jebraiyli, Hasti Mahdavifar, Anahita Afshar, Fereshte Hosseini, Sheida Khaligh
Haft'o Nim is a 2020 Iranian drama film directed by Navid Mahmoudi, weaving together the intimate stories of seven women whose everyday lives intersect across a single day. At 75 minutes, it is a compact, quietly observed portrait of female experience in contemporary Iran.
What is Haft'o Nim about?
Seven women — each at a different stage of life and from distinct social circumstances — move through their separate routines over the course of one day. A mother manages the competing demands of family and work. A young woman navigates the pressures of expectation and independence. Others wrestle with grief, hope, and the quiet negotiations that shape a woman's daily existence in modern Iranian society. Through brief, interlocking episodes, the film allows each character space to breathe, letting small moments accumulate into something larger than any single story. No dramatic confrontations are forced — the power rests in what is left unsaid, in glances and silences, in the texture of ordinary hours.
Cast & crew
The film is directed by Navid Mahmoudi. The ensemble cast includes Neda Jebraiyli, Hasti Mahdavifar, Anahita Afshar, Fereshte Hosseini, Sheida Khaligh, Afsaneh Kamali, Mohammadreza Ghafari, and Alireza Kamali. The ensemble-driven structure means each performer carries their own narrative thread with understated conviction.
Context & significance
Iranian ensemble dramas centered on women's lives have a strong tradition in the country's art-house cinema, and Haft'o Nim sits squarely within that lineage. For diaspora viewers, films like this carry particular weight: they offer an unfiltered window into the rhythms of domestic and social life that many left behind. The title — which translates roughly to 'Seven and a Half' — gestures at the fractional, incomplete nature of each story, mirroring the feeling of lives observed in passing. Family-drama viewers who appreciate films that trust their audience to sit with ambiguity will find this a rewarding watch.
Where & how to watch
Haft'o Nim is available on K-Time in its original Persian audio. You can watch on your browser, TV, or phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Start watching and cancel anytime.