Director: Romina Tamburello, Federico Actis
Vera and the Pleasure of Others is a 2024 Argentine drama-comedy co-directed by Romina Tamburello and Federico Actis, centered on a teenager's secret business, now streaming in Persian on K-Time.
What is Vera and the Pleasure of Others about?
Seventeen and short on cash, Vera has found an unusual side hustle: renting out the family apartment, hour by hour, to teenagers who need somewhere private to be alone together. She stays close by, listening through a closed door to conversations and sounds that aren't meant for her, and the film treats that voyeurism with a light, curious touch rather than judgment. What starts as a simple transaction slowly turns into something more complicated for Vera herself, as the desires she's been overhearing start to stir something in her own life. The tone shifts comfortably between comedy and drama, following Vera's adolescence with the same mix of nosiness and tenderness she brings to her makeshift business.
Cast & crew
Luciana Grasso plays Vera, with Inés Estévez, David Zoela, Estefanía Nicoló, Carlos Resta, Mariano Raimondi, and Ofelia Castillo in supporting roles. Co-directors Romina Tamburello and Federico Actis keep the camera close to Vera throughout, matching the film's intimate, eavesdropping premise with an equally intimate visual style.
Context & significance
An Argentine production without the international co-financing common to bigger festival titles, Vera and the Pleasure of Others is the kind of small, character-driven film that rarely finds distribution outside its home market, let alone a Persian-language version for diaspora audiences. Its frank, unfussy handling of teenage curiosity and coming-of-age themes gives it a different texture than most of the drama typically available to Farsi-speaking viewers abroad.
Where & how to watch
K-Time carries Vera and the Pleasure of Others with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, letting you choose whichever fits your ear. All you need is a free K-Time account and login to start watching; the film's page is open to browse without one. Built entirely around the Farsi language, K-Time serves the Iranian diaspora on phone, tablet, browser, or TV, in any country, with no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and the option to stop whenever you want.