How much would you charge to cry at a stranger's funeral? Shahed Ahmadloo's 2005 comedy-drama builds an entire story on that question, as an ageing expatriate comes home to arrange the one thing money rarely buys: genuine mourners.
What is Chand migiri geryeh koni 2 about?
Reza Shayesteh has lived abroad for years, and now, sensing the end approaching, he returns to Iran with a simple wish — to die in peace and be buried in his hometown. One worry spoils the plan: after so long away, nobody is left to grieve for him or even attend the ceremony. Determined not to be sent off in an empty hall, he sets out to recruit mourners for his own funeral, and the search pulls in a parade of opportunists, hagglers and unexpected companions. What begins as a cold, morbid transaction slowly warms into something else, as the old man's strange arrangement forces everyone involved to consider what a lifetime actually leaves behind.
About the cast
The cast brings together familiar faces of Iranian comedy: Manoochehr Nozari heads the line-up, joined by Abolfazl Poorarab and Hamid Lolayi, and the interplay between the three gives the film's parade of hagglers, opportunists and reluctant mourners much of its comic energy.
Context & significance
As its title announces, the film is a second instalment of the comedy How Much Do You Get Paid to Cry?, carrying forward a mix of broad humour and quiet melancholy. Funeral customs, hired eulogies and the social theatre of mourning have long been comic territory in Persian storytelling, and Ahmadloo mines that vein here while keeping a genuine undercurrent of feeling about exile, old age and homecoming. Running 93 minutes, it sits comfortably among the star-driven Iranian comedies of its era, with a central premise dark enough to give the jokes an unexpected weight.
Watching Chand migiri geryeh koni 2 on K-Time
K-Time streams the film in Farsi for Persian-speaking viewers around the world. The page is open to everyone; to press play you only need to log in with a K-Time account. The interface is fully Farsi-friendly, and fans of the first film will find this sequel waiting in the comedy shelves.