Talking deer, a scheming tentacled sorceress, and broad slapstick chases power Pishooni Sefid 2, the 2019 sequel in Seyed Javad Hashemi's live-action family franchise and one of the few Iranian film series aimed squarely at young children.
What is Pishooni Sefid 2 about?
The forest has not calmed down since the first film. The octopus-like villainess who seized the castle now runs her little kingdom from a cave, and the deer family that once crossed her sits at the top of her list. Her latest scheme is simple: lure the deer inside, shut the gates, and keep them. The plan unravels when the animals outwit her guards and slip out of the castle grounds, kicking off a string of pursuits and comic near-misses across the forest. Complicating everything, the white-foreheaded fawn's long-absent mother reappears, determined to take her child back — which forces the fawn to weigh the family it was born into against the friends who have protected it all along.
About the cast
Pejman Bazeghi, a familiar leading man of Iranian film and television, headlines alongside comedy regular Amir Ghaffarmanesh, whose broad timing suits the film's kid-friendly humour, and Saghar Azizi. Director Seyed Javad Hashemi — himself a veteran actor — has spent much of his career on children's entertainment, and he keeps the tone bright, loud, and fast.
Context & significance
The Pishooni Sefid films, named for the fawn with the white patch on its forehead, form a rare specimen in Iranian cinema: a live-action franchise built for children, with costumed animal characters, songs, and simple moral stakes in place of the social realism Iranian film is known for abroad. This second chapter, released in 2019 with a roughly ninety-minute runtime, extends the first film's story and did well enough with family audiences to justify a third instalment. For diaspora parents it is a practical find — Persian-language entertainment pitched at exactly the age group hardest to keep connected to the language.
Watching Pishooni Sefid 2 on K-Time
Pishooni Sefid 2 streams on K-Time in its original Persian audio. Reading this page requires nothing; pressing play requires only a K-Time account login. With its Farsi interface and kids-friendly catalogue rows, K-Time makes it easy to queue the whole franchise for a family movie night on TV, web, or mobile.