Director: Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour
Cast: Isabelle Pasco, Linda Borini, Melina Morse, Tom Novembre, Reza Attaran
Haft'o Panj Daghighe is a 2017 Iranian drama-thriller directed by Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour, blending a Franco-Iranian cast in a tense, character-driven story that unfolds over a compressed, claustrophobic timeframe. The title — Seventy-Five Minutes — signals how urgently every scene is weighted.
What is Haft'o Panj Daghighe about?
A group of characters find themselves bound together inside a high-pressure situation where every passing minute tightens the stakes. Loyalties are tested, motives are concealed, and the gap between what people say and what they actually intend grows wider with each scene. Set mostly in confined spaces, the film builds its tension through close observation of behavior rather than action-sequence spectacle. Alliances shift, decisions carry immediate consequences, and the audience is left parsing each character's true intent. The story moves in near real time, giving viewers little room to breathe as the situation escalates toward an uncertain resolution.
Cast & crew
Director Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour assembled an unusual co-production ensemble that crosses borders: Iranian veterans Reza Attaran and Reza Kianian anchor the cast with credibility earned across decades of local cinema, while European performers Isabelle Pasco, Linda Borini, Tom Novembre, Melina Morse, Virginie Boudot, and Christopher Masson bring an international texture rarely seen in Iranian genre productions.
Context & significance
Co-productions between Iranian and European filmmakers remain relatively rare, making Haft'o Panj Daghighe an intriguing case study in cross-cultural genre cinema. For diaspora audiences who grew up watching Reza Kianian and Reza Attaran in beloved domestic comedies and dramas, seeing them operate inside a thriller framework alongside French and European performers is itself a point of curiosity. The film also speaks to a broader trend in Iranian cinema of the 2010s — genre experimentation that pushed beyond the arthouse model that international festivals had come to expect. For Persian-speaking viewers abroad, a film that holds both worlds simultaneously carries an added layer of recognition.
Where & how to watch
Haft'o Panj Daghighe is available on K-Time in its original Persian-language audio with no Persian subtitle track. Watch on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking, cancel anytime.