Molaghat ba Touti is a 2003 Iranian family-social drama directed by Alireza Davoudnejad, running 83 minutes. The film follows a woman's determined struggle to free her husband from prison after he is framed through a deliberate scheme, weaving together themes of loyalty, injustice, and quiet perseverance within contemporary Iranian society.

What is Molaghat ba Touti about?

A woman discovers that her husband has been imprisoned as the result of a calculated conspiracy against him. With limited resources and little institutional support, she sets out to save him and clear his name. When the official routes lead nowhere, she joins forces with a small group of other women and goes looking for help outside the system, a search that leads to a shadowy go-between known as Touti, the Parrot. The film builds its tension through the risks this unlikely group takes as their plan to free him comes together, keeping the emotional stakes tied to the couple at its centre. The story stays anchored in the wife's perspective, measuring every obstacle through her eyes as she refuses to accept a verdict she knows is wrong.

About the cast

Director Alireza Davoudnejad brings a grounded, observational approach to the material. Mohammad Reza Forotan, one of Iranian cinema's most recognisable leading men, plays the imprisoned husband. Mahtab Keramati leads the film as the wife at the centre of the struggle. The supporting ensemble includes Mitra Hajaar, Marjan Shirmohammadi, and Saeid Pirdoust, each grounding the world the protagonist moves through.

Context & significance

Iranian family dramas of the early 2000s often focused on women navigating systems built to exclude them — and Molaghat ba Touti sits squarely in that tradition. For diaspora viewers, the film carries a particular resonance: the experience of watching a person fight a rigged system, of loyalty tested by powerlessness, is one that echoes across generations of Iranians who have lived on both sides of borders, both literal and institutional. The title, which translates loosely as 'Meeting with the Parrot,' points to the shadowy figure nicknamed Touti whom the wife must seek out, a meeting that may or may not bring the help she needs. Films like this one remind Iranian audiences abroad of the domestic cinema they grew up with — star-led, character-centred, socially aware.

Watching Molaghat ba Touti on Ktime

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