A composer writing a symphony for peace has to decide what to do when a life-saving bone marrow test for his own daughter comes back with the answer he was dreading.
What is Mahoor about?
"Mahoor" opens on Saeed Mohebbat, a well-known composer who, after his son is killed, channels his grief into a symphony meant to honor the fallen and carry a message of peace outward. An invitation from a conservatory in Ukraine to perform the piece puts him on the edge of realizing that ambition — but right as he prepares to travel, he learns that a bone marrow donor test for his daughter Mahoor, who needs the transplant to survive, has come back unsuccessful. The film sets his artistic mission and his role as a father on a collision course, forcing him to weigh a public act of remembrance against a private, urgent fight for his own child. Homayoun Ershadi leads as the composer, with Lale Eskandari, Maral Farjad, Roozbeh Hesari, Sogol Khaligh, Gohar Kheirandish, Tirdad Kiaei, and Kaveh Sammakbashi filling out the people around him as the two halves of his life pull in opposite directions. Director Majid Niamorad builds the film around that tension rather than around plot mechanics, letting the war-and-peace theme of the symphony echo the more intimate war the family is fighting at home.
About the cast
Homayoun Ershadi, an actor internationally known for restrained, interior performances, carries the composer's dual burden of public grief and private fear. The ensemble around him — Lale Eskandari, Maral Farjad, Roozbeh Hesari, Sogol Khaligh, Gohar Kheirandish, Tirdad Kiaei, and Kaveh Sammakbashi — fills out the family and professional circles that press in on him from both directions.
Context & significance
Released in 2018, "Mahoor" runs a tight 84 minutes, a length that keeps the film focused on its central dilemma rather than expanding into subplots. Framing a father's crisis around a symphony written to commemorate fallen soldiers and promote peace gives the story a war-and-remembrance backdrop without turning it into a war film in the conventional sense — the conflict here is emotional and medical, not staged on a battlefield. The Ukraine conservatory invitation places the story on an international stage even as its real stakes stay entirely domestic, inside one family's home.
Watching Mahoor on Ktime
"Mahoor" is available to stream on K-Time with a free account login, in its original Persian audio, through the Farsi-first interface the platform maintains for Persian-speaking viewers abroad. No dub or subtitle track is attached to this release.