Midday Meal

Midday Meal

Even in the darkest moments, there is a meal of love.

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Release Date

10/9/2026

Runtime

129 mins

Genres

Overview

In a parched badland village that looks like the end of the world, Solan is the only teacher. After years of enduring the poorly paid temporary job, he holds one modest dream - to become a full-time teacher and to live in a proper house with his mother. But everything begins to unravel with the death of the benefactor who had funded the school’s meal program.

Status

Released

Original Language

Persian

Budget

-

Revenue

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Homepage

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A portrait of quiet struggle in an unforgiving landscape, where a teacher's modest hopes collide with systemic indifference. The film moves with the weight of deferred dreams, finding dignity and friction in the daily work of keeping a school alive.

Mood

MelancholicDefiantWistful

Themes

AmbitionFamilySurvivalJustice

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticDesaturated

Structure

Single location

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